Why GTA Online Isn't Getting New Heists

While this may change sometime in the future, as far as we know, there are no new heists on the way for GTA Online. New gameplay mechanics are introduced in updates like Further Adventures in Finance and Felony, but for some reason, the single best received and best GTA Online DLC isn't getting revisited.

The Heists update was only released in 2015 in March, in spite of the eponymous heists being kinda the whole point of GTA Online and the main endgame attraction. In spite of there being countless methods to make money in the game, Heists are still the most popular simply due to the massive payouts. While VIP work and CEO work both have an equal if not better money-to-time ratio since the Pacific Standard heist takes upwards of an hour to complete, these options are not as popular.

Which is what brings us to the reason: Rockstar is only giving us alternatives to Heisting which are in the same league as heisting, because given a method to acquire money that is more efficient than heisting, heisting becomes obsolete. However, if new heists are released, then they have to be more potent than the current ones, or the community will be disappointed.

However, releasing a heist more lucrative than Pacific Standard won't happen simply because it isn't worth it for Rockstar. PacStan already yields a good million if you get a generous cut on hard without losing cash from the money-bags. If players are given a reliable way of grinding more significantly more than a million per heist, Shark Cards will immediately look a lot less appealing.

Shark Cards are what are keeping GTA Online supported with content. Considering how popular they are, having made as much money as they have, it is no surprise that they are the main source of the budgets for all the free DLC GTA Online is getting.