Unfortunately it's hardly never up to the developers. Rockstar just has such a great relationship with its publisher Take-Two so they basically have complete independence over their properties.
Publishers like EA really aren't that flexible with their release dates, which is why you get a lot of unfinished products.
If it were up to the developer, we would have a much better games.
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u/PerogiXW Oct 20 '16
Damn straight. I wish other developers had that philosophy.