{"id":757348,"date":"2026-09-02T04:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757348\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T04:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:02:11","slug":"grand-theft-auto-vi-extended-look-a-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757348\/","title":{"rendered":"“Grand Theft Auto VI” Extended Look A Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rockstar Games<\/p>\n

Netflix\u2019s recent 27-minute extended look at \u201cGrand Theft Auto VI\u201d was a hit, the title reaching 31.1 million views in its first few days according to the streamer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The title also hit No. 1 in 87 of the 93 countries tracked globally. The news follows in the wake of third-party analysts Sensor Tower<\/a> estimating the game has already pulled in nearly 5 million pre-orders months before launch.<\/p>\n

They also indicate 77% of purchased copies are on PS5 with 23% on Xbox, and almost 90% of buyers went for the $99.99 Ultimate Edition instead of the $79.99 Standard Edition. That would suggest the title has already presold nearly half a billion dollars worth of copies so far over two months out from release.<\/p>\n

The Netflix sneak peek also had a big impact, with pre-orders jumping by 572% the day after compared to the average recorded over the previous 30 days.<\/p>\n

Rockstar and Take-Two haven\u2019t announced any actual sales numbers, and Sensor Tower\u2019s numbers are estimates based on market data and statistical modelling, so they aren\u2019t exact.<\/p>\n

The data comes as a debate has broken out on social media since the Netflix sneak peek about the game\u2019s core in-depth relationship mechanic between Jason and Lucia, and whether it\u2019s the equivalent of cheating on your real-life partner and worth breaking up over according to IGN<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Rockstar has been clear that players must actively pursue a relationship if they want that, and if you don\u2019t then the game will still play fine. They do add that if you make the two a power couple, you\u2019ll likely get more out of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rockstar Games Netflix\u2019s recent 27-minute extended look at \u201cGrand Theft Auto VI\u201d was a hit, the title reaching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[94966,59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-757348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-bigslider","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}