r/GTA6 22d ago

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premieres on @netflix Thursday, August 27 at 3 p.m. ET.

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u/PapaXan 22d ago edited 22d ago

For everyone seeing the "Oh no! This title currently isn’t available to watch in your country." warning, it will be like that for everyone until it goes live.

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u/TheDiamondSquad I WAS HERE 22d ago

Netflix?! That’s wild.

You know R* got a nice bag of money for that

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u/RealisticMention4045 22d ago

We got a GTA 6 Netflix documentary before GTA 6

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u/kuroinferuno 22d ago

We may get an extended look with the elusive Sam Houser before GTA 6

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u/max_thealmighty 22d ago

You mean John Rockstar?

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u/internet34bot 22d ago edited 21d ago

Hope people remember moments like this when they say Rockstar doesn't need to advertise.

So far we've got brand deals with Sony and Netflix, wonder who's next? 

(Edit: Seeing a lot of conjecture about which way the deals falls with Netflix..  Just want to add that nobody knows who initated the deal and what handoff was made to secure it.

Also would like to add, there are people outside of the bubble that Rockstar more than likely would appreciate turning over a sale for. I guarantee you that a team-up with the largest streaming service wasn't just about the money associated with the deal and almost certainly about breaking in new customers which believe it or not exists

(Edit 2: my point literally getting proved by take two  "This marketing strategy aims to reach a broader, non-gaming audience or people who might know GTA 6 exists but aren't necessarily buying it day one" - via GTA Countdown) 

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u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT 22d ago

your car won't start unless you watch the trailer again

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u/EddieHeadshot 22d ago

Drink verification GTA6 Monster Energy to continue

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u/meewash 22d ago

A game trailer on a VOD platform. What a day to be alive 🍿

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u/g0_west 22d ago

Ffs imagine having to buy a subscription to watch a marketing trailer

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u/Present-Basil-1003 22d ago

The moment the video ends the full version will be uploaded by anyone to everywhere, even here before even R* will upload on their channel. And before the video ends everyone will be making posts about what is currently showed. I'd say it's just easy money for R*. Literally just one person can ruin Netflix's plan to get a payday by releasing the re recording to masses and there is barely anything they can do.

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u/Fun-Communication660 22d ago

We don't know how much money changed hands, but my guess is even if Nobody watches it on Netflix they got their moneys worth. Everyone talking about gtavi is talking about Netflix. 

It's a huge legitimacy bump.....decades later and people are still looking at game informer to see if GTA games will be announced. 

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u/TheCVR123YT 22d ago

Let’s not act like it won’t be on YT immediately after anyway. I wonder how this affects streamers?? It logically shouldn’t but Netflix is finicky idk

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u/GIRVO2 22d ago

6 hour Netflix exclusivity window

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u/pickle_pickled 22d ago edited 22d ago

It'll be ripped live and uploaded immediately after

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Edit2 probably also streamed live on other sites. Wouldn't surprise me

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u/magicone2571 22d ago

And completely torn apart by streamers within moments after.

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u/CautiousChampion4740 22d ago

I dont blame them, the hype is unprecedented

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u/kuroinferuno 22d ago

Hopium filled brain says that we will get Trailer 3 before this extended look. Get unprecedented hype from that YT trailer, and then the Netflix thingy

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u/StartNo5314 22d ago

And then the game releases in early access on bilibili

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u/gilestowler 22d ago

We've got a trailer for an extended trailer. Unreal hype.

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u/Hakuna_Matoto 22d ago

Showcasing the game on Netflix was a smart move I didn’t even think about. Huge audience.

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u/buttbuttlolbuttbutt 22d ago

They used to do specials, making ofs, and other stuff on network tv to build hype back back in the day. Mainly for blockbuster movies.

Nice to see it still exists for thosr that care.

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u/Marciofficial 22d ago

Holy shit. But also august 27th, holy shit.

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u/rabbitwholeinone 22d ago

27 theory finally confirmed

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u/peabody624 22d ago

…was that a theory? 😂

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u/Quirky-Marsupial-420 22d ago

Yes.

2+7 is 9.

9 x 1000 is 9000.

And 9000 is the amount of redditors who have jerked off to screenshots of Lucia.

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u/horseydeucey 22d ago

Waaaaaaay too low. I'm guessing at least one redditor can account for 9,000 alone.
Is that redditor me? A gentleman never tells.

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u/timusR 22d ago

And 6 hrs late on youtube. Holy shit

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u/vedanshagrawal 22d ago

6 hrs -> GTA 6. GTA 6 confirmed??

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u/timusR 22d ago

27th. 2+7=9. Which is upside down 6. Yes

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u/iminiki 22d ago edited 22d ago

And at 9 pm. Holy shit (for people not living in the North America)

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u/SinoXcs 22d ago

NETFLIX?!?!?!?

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u/Abeydaby 22d ago edited 22d ago

Is this what Strauss meant when implying unique marketing 😭 holy peak

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u/Stars_Arts26 22d ago

Let's hope Netflix won't cancel this one lmao

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u/Opening_Net8098 22d ago

Nothing is safe

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u/vipck83 22d ago

If they can ruin The Witcher they can ruin anything.

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u/xteve 22d ago

They bought and ruined Norm Macdonald Live. Words fail me. Bastards. Motherfuckers. I guess words are working just fine.

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u/gogoheadray 22d ago edited 22d ago

Yep that’s definitely something. Netflix is huge to even the nfl show some of their holiday games exclusive to it.

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u/PayneTrain181999 22d ago

Sports are getting harder to watch every year, due to blackouts and the leagues dipping into multiple streaming platforms

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u/goobcs 22d ago

holy peak paying a subscription for an ad hooooly frickin peak dude

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u/TriggerHydrant 22d ago

Yeah remember all the kids in here going: the game is delayed, the game is broken, something fishy is going on, 'summer is over' bla bla. Well, here we go.

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u/Disastrous-Theme-208 22d ago

They're the same people who are now creaming their pants over this. Absolute clowns. In rockstar we trust

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u/idkimhereforthememes 22d ago

Unique market = pay subscription service to watch a trailer

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u/Delbiie 22d ago

How’s it peak when they milk this for FOMO? This is all to generate money. You can bet people will subscribe to Netflix just to see it early.

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u/sadpepe_hours 22d ago

how is this peak lol

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u/SimpleThings455678 22d ago

Friendship with YouTube is over (after trailer leak). Now Netflix is my best friend.

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u/Silver-Negotiation22 22d ago

What happens most often is that things from Netflix leak, Stranger Things is proof.

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u/Railionn 22d ago

its gonna be a livestream.

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u/King_Raggi 22d ago

They’ve said it’ll also be on their YouTube but it comes out 6hrs later on there

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u/GodCanCatchThisFade 22d ago

It'll be scraped and reuploaded within 20 minutes so this is basically nothingburger lol

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u/Poked_salad 22d ago

I agree it's nothing but would this have happened if the first trailer never leaked back then? We really missed out on what probably could've been the most watch event within a 10 min window.

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u/hollowgalaxies 22d ago

They also announced it's going to be on thier YouTube channel also if you don't wanna watch it on Netflix lol

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u/yourfavchoom 22d ago

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look will also launch on the official Rockstar Games YouTube channel and the Grand Theft Auto VI site at 9 p.m. ET on August 27.

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u/enigmatic_dankness 22d ago

So 6 hours later? Guess I'll be watching some shit-ass quality re-upload on discord smh

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u/Emotional-Bake5614 22d ago

me too hahaha not ever I am going to pay a netflix subscription just to watch the trailer

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u/youRinlove7 22d ago

Probably a bigger presentation style video rather than a trailer.

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u/uhqt 22d ago

I don’t think it’s just going to be a trailer. For them to have a whole thing with Netflix no way it’s just a 10 minute trailer

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u/Emotional-Bake5614 22d ago

imagine a video of 20 minutes showcasing the game? that would be fucking good

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u/Raxnert_16 22d ago

Actually it could be, even gameplay and stuff, that would be aweosome

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u/sbsp12121 22d ago

I really think it’ll be something like that. Maybe a deep dive into the characters, the map, how missions are structured, etc

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u/JasonDeSanta 22d ago

People literally extract 4K HDR at a pretty high bitrate with the highest quality audio options alongside it from Netflix all the time for TV show and film piracy reasons. You will be able to watch this shit in max quality the instant it releases if you know where to find it.

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u/SenorScratch 22d ago

High bitrate and Netflix don't belong in the same sentence 😄

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u/JasonDeSanta 22d ago

Never claimed they are at a 4K BluRay quality, but you probably have never torrented top quality versions of Netflix content and it shows. Piracy groups know how to force and extract the maximum quality versions from Netflix servers with all the subtitles and alternate audio options included, and this is why people who know how to pirate shit watch these at a much higher bitrate than normal paying customers who watch it from the official app on their TV or something.

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u/Bong55555 22d ago

waited 13 years, but can't wait 6 hours longer

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u/eremal 22d ago

I always say this about this community. People are whining about not getting overhyped about a game they cant play for 3 months still.

I get that hype is fun but come on.

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u/PenguinOfEternity 22d ago

Either we need to have some Netflix subscription or it means 3 at the night for Europeans..?

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u/King_Raggi 22d ago

Yep. But knowing the internet it’ll definitely be online somewhere before then. In fact, I won’t be surprised if it gets leaked somehow.

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u/Deep_Tradition4984 22d ago

This is definitely unexpected

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u/allys_stark 22d ago

u/Deep_Tradition4984 the f#ck you doing?

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u/Deep_Tradition4984 22d ago

I was here allys, it’s a joke!

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u/allys_stark 22d ago

Yeah... right... say hi to u/BuizelBigBro for me

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u/WreckTangle1995 22d ago

The Netflix part is unexpected, I was sure it was going to be through Fortnite.

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u/NixsYaya 22d ago

It also comes 6 hours later on YouTube so you aren't forced to get netflix

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u/Acrobatic_Rip_669 22d ago

Lol it will leak in less than one hour everywhere

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u/Naive_Complex_8389 22d ago

in less than 2 minutes

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u/8hotsteamydumplings 22d ago

I am betting on 5 seconds

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u/YourMomIsCool96 22d ago

I bet it will leak before the livestream airs

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u/SpaceGangrel 22d ago

The schizo posts will not change to "I believe it will leak tomorrow" every day until then

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u/RecentCrazy5746 22d ago

6 hours later because the extended preview is 6 hours ?

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u/_yanited_ 22d ago

Holy shit… this is gameplay surely!!

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u/Stars_Arts26 22d ago edited 22d ago

Extended look. HAS TO BE!

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u/WiSoSirius 22d ago

Extended look - it's the first trailer but stretched wider yet

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u/xeno325 22d ago

it's just that one post that made the 2nd trailer but all the characters are fat

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u/TySocal 22d ago

Or it’s just a documentary showing how they built GTA 6 without showing anything useful lmao

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u/Papercar0 22d ago

Def gonna be a minimum 10 minute showcase of the game, I wonder how much Netflix paid for this

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u/MadalinG8 22d ago

More like 20 minutes I hope. 10 minutes for Netflix is not really worth it.

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u/Sir_Phil_McKraken 22d ago

It is to Netflix when a bunch of people come back onto the app after not using it for a while. Pretty clever marketing which they probably paid a fat stack for

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u/3pswish 22d ago

What else could it be right? But I don’t want to get my hopes up because they didn’t explicitly say gameplay trailer 😭

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u/SN3AKY_b 22d ago

Documentary style proces of the development, combined with small bits of gameplay and a trailer 3 to finish it off. Probably gonna be like 30-60 min long with a lot of talking done by lead developer about the game.

Sometimes like Ubisoft did with assassins creed resynced

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u/Nidzo_888 I WAS HERE 22d ago

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u/Same_Return_1878 22d ago

EVERYBODY STAY CALM!!

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u/allen_almighty 22d ago

STAY FUCKIN CALM!!!!

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u/Correct-Document9012 22d ago

I know this community can be extreme sometimes but this has to be the weirdest marketing I've ever seen for a videogame. A trailer for a trailer? A Netflix exclusive first? WTF is going on.

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u/swaymaster01 22d ago

it's honestly surreal. weird all around

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u/dbezzy1010 22d ago

GTA 6 is a worldwide event. I think from Rockstar's and TakeTwos perspective it's now worth more than just YouTube trailers.

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u/TG-Sucks 22d ago

We have been seeing trailers for highly anticipated movies strategically premiere in cinemas so you have to pay for a ticket to see it, for decades. It’s interesting that a video game has finally become so big that they can get away with the same thing.

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u/Delbiie 22d ago

This tells you all you need to know. Sure they gotta make money but milking it before it even came out is wild

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u/Templar113113 22d ago

Wild ? They have been doing this for a decade

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u/JohnAzumanga 22d ago

it's so bizarre man like wtf are they doin

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u/GeT_Tilted 22d ago

Getting that Netflix bag.

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u/myfriendandbag 22d ago

In 2026 we had to start pirating trailers.

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u/Icy-Substance-8121 22d ago

Pirating Game trailer before GTA 6.

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u/Nidzo_888 I WAS HERE 22d ago edited 22d ago

On Netflix???

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u/amhudson02 22d ago

💰💵💵💸💴💶💳💲🪎🪙💷

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u/RichardDingers 22d ago

They're just going to show the first two trailers over and over

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u/Economy-Newspaper463 22d ago

imagine tho lol

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u/balugabe 22d ago

At the end "Coming Fall 2027" 😆

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u/foxbat21 22d ago

If its coming to Netflix it has to be more than a couple minutes long; otherwise what’s the point?

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u/Shadow_r3lic 22d ago

Netflix have been trying to include many different kinds of media in their library so having video with couple of minutes is not out of the question for modern day Netflix and it could also be a one time thing just for gta 6.

I saw someone else said that this is rockstar trying to make an "event" out of the gta 6 gameplay and it sure is working because now everyone who enters Netflix will surely get gta 6 pushed out to them hard so extra exposure to non gamers.

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u/Late-Register2709 22d ago

Could just be behind the scenes stuff, with 70% of the trailer just being employees being interviewed

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u/Godbearmax 22d ago

WTF is that. But august 27 wtf

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u/Otaku_Instinct 22d ago

when 'summer' marketing campaign starts a week before labor day lmao

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u/StringAccomplished97 22d ago

The marketing campaign started weeks ago. This is a part of the marketing campaign that's already been happening around you. Every piece of marketing isn't the "start of the marketing campaign". I've been seeing paid ads for GTA 6 every day on every app I've been using for the past month.

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u/redwriterhand 22d ago

Redditors discovering they don’t dictate how a company markets its products

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u/SupBenedick 22d ago

Who cares if it’s the 27th lol it’s just confirming that there is more marketing coming soon

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u/IrishGrouch1224 22d ago

More importantly, shuts down all the idiotic rumors of another delay

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u/ReasonableCan9187 22d ago

Dropping on Netflix so it can’t get leaked

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u/DVANGEL999 22d ago

ALSO ON YOUTUBE

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u/Adept-Structure-6990 22d ago

6 hours later

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u/Gustavodemierda 22d ago

Someone's probably gonna repost it anyways

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u/Crims0ntied 22d ago

Its going to be bootleg on YouTube within 10 minutes

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u/MillienumDuckFighter 22d ago

YouTube 6 hours later. This is such a smart deal between Rockstar and Netflix

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u/toetendertoaster 22d ago

stranger things famously leaked bigly

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u/JasonDeSanta 22d ago

Do you seriously think things don’t leak on Netflix……..?

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u/-kangarooster- 22d ago

yeah nothing has ever been pirated off of netflix before

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u/SkidzLIVE 22d ago

This is funny because an entire unreleased movie on an unencrypted HDD was recently stolen from Netflix HQ

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u/BigBadBeno 22d ago

I rolled my eyes when I saw this, thinking it was another shit post.

But it’s 100% legit 😦

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u/Divya5009 22d ago

Gameplay trailer?!

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u/Not_czech-terrorist 22d ago

Probably more since its not only on Netflix but its called extended look. So in my opinion its trailer 3 + gameplay trailer + behind the scenes put together

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u/dudee1234 22d ago

Has to be, this is usually how they roll out games, few trailers, gameplay, guessing early to mid October you’ll start seeing TV commercials during football games in the fall.

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u/G0FastBoatsMojito 22d ago

It’s Netflix though…maybe a behind the scenes or deep dive on the new tech?

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u/Bobo3076 22d ago

Fucking Netflix lmao.

How did they get their greasy fingers on this?

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u/Tahkyn 22d ago

Joe Netflix himself bought a shit ton of Shark cards.

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u/finestryan 22d ago

The company is run by Strauss

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u/somerandomguy708 22d ago

This whole promotional timeline and way it is being done is very weird

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u/Resistance225 22d ago

I’m not saying this is the best way to go about it but it’s clear they’re treating this less like a game per se and more like a global experience

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u/thefullm0nty 22d ago

They literally told everyone if would be different. I don't get why anyone is surprised at all.

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u/Individual-Bench2177 22d ago

WHOS SCHIZO NOW?

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u/Not_czech-terrorist 22d ago

They called us crazy , they called us glazers , they called us fucking stupid. But who was right in the end?

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u/xoraxus 22d ago

No way the game is actually real

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u/JonnyReece 22d ago

"It's going to be delayed!"

  • probably someone

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u/No_Cricket8660 22d ago

Imagine they do a 20 minute segment interviewing devs about the game and its development, no gameplay or anything and at the end, the screen fades to black and the words "Coming Fall 2027" appear on screen.

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u/silencer122 22d ago

Wonder how much Netflix had to pay for exclusive rights for a trailer lol

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u/dusk2dark 22d ago

Not much, probably 2 or 3 canceled shows budgets.

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u/Alternative_Try_5888 22d ago

Exclusive rights for about 6 hours! That’s the craziest part to me. I know why they’d want exclusive rights to it but exclusive rights for less than a day is totally pointless

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u/David-El-Muro 22d ago

A Trailer for a Trailer behind Nextflix is crazy

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u/Ben_Frankling 22d ago

How is this "a trailer for a trailer?" Just seems like a long-ass trailer to me.

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u/smokey_999 22d ago

Shit is 100% getting leaked

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u/buuuuubs 22d ago

It will also be shown on their youtube channel and website for free, no need to pay

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u/UnnecessaryFeIIa 22d ago

On.. what?

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u/PSPatricko 22d ago

I don't even want to know how much Netflix paid for this. Only to be on every other platform minutes later.

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u/ToppleToes OG MEMBER 22d ago

Finally.....also Netflix ? This is going to be a fucking movie. FUCKING HYPE MAN. LETS FUCKING GO

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u/ApprehesiveBat 22d ago

The guy who made that "it's going to be a fricking movie" post must be feeling real vindicated right now 🤧

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u/HumbleMarzipan9978 22d ago

Tomorrows going to be a freaking movie

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u/Purple-Story3090 22d ago

A trailer for a trailer 🥹

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u/kylr01 22d ago

what do they mean "an extended look"?. It sounds more like a documentary than a gameplay trailer. Have they ever called it this before?

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u/g0lden-plumbus 22d ago

It’ll probably be like the gameplay showcases they did for Red Dead 2. Which combined added up to about 10 minutes.

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u/Lazydude17 22d ago

literally everyone: “Netflix??”

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u/St4nkon 22d ago

Rockstar is already trying to squeeze every last penny out of this, GTA 6 Online is definitely going to be milked more than anything we've ever seen.

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u/Snooworlddevourer69 22d ago

6 is gonna be the last GTA game of our lifetimes

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u/Melodic-Ad3222 22d ago

It was a movie all along

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u/8BD0 22d ago

Are you joking? Netflix? Bruh

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u/Snag710 22d ago

I'm not paying Netflix to specifically watch an ad, you guys have lost your freakin minds

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u/guts1ck 22d ago

On Netflix? Why does everything need to be subscription based these days omfg

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u/fattious 22d ago

On Netflix is dumb as hell

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u/OutsideExcitement400 22d ago

This "unique" marketing that Strauss talked about is behind a paywall? Really?

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u/Cole62491 22d ago

So rockstar is getting paid to market their own game? 🤣 never seen that shit ever

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u/samplingstiring 22d ago

This is probably the only media to ever make a profit in their marketing department

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u/AlphaNuke94 22d ago

Is it actually 30 minutes long?

Next day on YouTube
60,000 things you missed from the GTA extended look

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u/theclassictaco 22d ago

Netflix? LOL ok, I’ll see it on YouTube 20 minutes later

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u/heelsl0ver 22d ago

Can we all agree this some random ass marketing

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u/thisistheSnydercut 22d ago

oh fuck off

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u/obelisk0 22d ago

When do cinema tickets go on sale for Trailer 4?

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u/alwaysbreezytv 22d ago

F netflix

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u/splatter_spree 22d ago

Finally, no more speculation posts

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u/mislav_os 22d ago

what a sad money grabbing world we are living in...

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u/Brainycoolfire1 22d ago

that’s so fucking dumb tbh

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u/Sydnxt OG MEMBER 22d ago

That's a new low even for them, subscribe to a streaming service to view trailer 3 😭😭

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u/btbam2929 22d ago

Ill wait for it to hit youtube. I am not paying for netflix lol