The first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer, released by Rockstar Games in December, has reached a staggering 200 million views on YouTube after just seven months. The highly-anticipated trailer shattered records and spread rapidly across the internet, fueling the already intense hype surrounding the upcoming game.
Since its initial reveal, the excitement for GTA 6 has only continued to grow. Rockstar and its parent company Take-Two Interactive have skillfully maintained the buzz through strategic marketing and teasing fans with hidden content in Grand Theft Auto Online — not that the community hasn't perpetually been hyping itself up for years now.
The trailer now holds the second spot for the most-viewed video game trailer on YouTube, surpassing Minecraft and narrowing the gap to the current record holder, the Official Google Play Trailer of Subway Surfer, which boasts over 360 million views (which, by the way, how???).
For an interesting bit of trivia, the worldwide sales figures for GTA 5 recently crossed 200 million units sold, bringing the two pieces of media into an interesting parallel. In any case, the enduring hype around the upcoming sequel indicates it will have a solid shot at outperforming its predecessor.
Despite the earlier leak potentially impacting initial viewership, fans eagerly await the modernized version of Vice City, Rockstar's fictional version of Miami, last seen in the eponymous Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The trailer is packed with Easter Eggs and references to real-life events, further stoking fan excitement.
