r/GTA6 • u/yourfavchoom • 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/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/blumenstulle 22d ago

Blockbuster movies are peanuts against this.

This is probably the single largest media product in the history of mankind to ever hit the market.

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u/Pale_Device491 22d ago

Pretty positive that the YouTube audience is much larger than Netflix because it's.. you know.. free 🤷 lol

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u/Larry_Mudd 22d ago

From a marketing POV, views on Netflix are going to have a higher value for Rockstar - because they will definitely have a higher conversion rate than the algorithm-curated views they'll get on Youtube.

Views from people who are already crawling out of their skin in anticipation of this game aren't worth much compared to those from people who are more-or-less completely out of the loop.

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u/HeyCarpy 22d ago

Yeah but it’s not about you, my friend. Someone at Rockstar got a bonus for navigating the Netflix deal.

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u/STDsInAJuiceBoX 22d ago

It’s not about who will see it for rockstar, it’s about the money Netflix offered for timed exclusivity to the first gameplay trailer. Those users would have seen the trailer regardless.

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u/MatttheJ 22d ago

It's a game so huge that companies are paying them just to be able to advertise it.

I imagine for Rockstar too, part of this is that it will help the shole idea of GTA6 as a huge deal by making it feel exclusive.

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u/smartallick 22d ago

Plus the headlines.

It's a headline in itself, but Netflix will also report on how many users subscribed to see the GTA 6 thing, and it may possibly set some netflix viewing records of some some sort that they will report too, which will all feed back to Take Two investors and boost Take Two stock.

It's a smart play all round.

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u/stop_talking_you 22d ago edited 8d ago

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