damn, I mean I would be surprised if this happened, but I guess you are right. also there is much less scope I feel with a Western than a modern day setting like GTA...
This was posted to Reddit like 3 years ago and a lot of stuff they got right... Pretty incredible. There is still stuff that hasn't been announced yet in the image below, so don't read on if you want to avoid the spoliers...
You can only complain about something you have absolutely no control over for so long, everyone seems to have accepted it and moved on like you said. After the initial anger of course... I think things will go pretty darn quiet unless we get a decent amount of info next drop. Otherwise the anger will come back. We basically a year to go I think a lot of hype/air will deflate out of the balloon.
Yeah I doubt they would hold back the release or push it forward just to hit the anniversary date too... surely they just want it out (100% finished) as quickly as possible. It is interesting that the date falls within the range though.
E3 just one week away now... I am preparing myself for disappointment (nothing about RDR2).
BUT... what if during the Sony pres they said something like "And now we'd like to talk about a special partnership that we have with Rockstar Games... but first here's a sneak peek at some gameplay footage of what we're talking about..." That would be awesome, but I don't expect it.
I would be happy if they did this. The money system in GTA Online is fantastic. If you want a real grind, check out WOW. GTA Online is not too bad at all.