Quick question; is it Rockstar that are to blame for this or Take Two? Seems strange not to blame the big mega corp but think the company that poured all their resources into RDR2 are at fault.
Best case scenario; Rockstar North asked Take Two if they could have all hands on deck for GTA6, to make this super massive open world game, and T2 had two requirements. The first is, obviously, online so they can make shitloads of cash, and the other was a cheap and nasty cash grab preying on nostalgia like everyone else is doing. Rockstar said yes because, at the end of the day, their roots come from a city filled with junkies and people who can't say "pie" properly, so they probably didn't expect it to be this bad.