GTA 6 has been in development for more than a decade and recently suffered another delay. To help ease the wait, developer Rockstar Games has released Trailer 2 of the game.
The videos shared across their social networks are rapidly accumulating views and is well on it’s way to smashing records.
Guiness World Records is watching, sharing the previous record for the most viewed videogame reveal on YouTube in 24 hours is Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 with 90,421,491 views, as of 5 December 2023.
At the time of writing, we’re just 9 hours into the launch and news is spreading through social networks, blogs and the media that this trailer is out. Let’s take a look at the view counts so far across the official Rockstar Games social networks.
| Platform | View count |
|---|---|
| X | 58.8 Million |
| YouTube (Embedded on the official site) | 35.49 Million |
| 9.1 Million | |
| 3.54 Million | |
| Total | 106.93 Million |
What’s very strange is that RockstarGames on TikTok has 980,000 followers, but is yet to post a single video, which seems like a missed opportunity.
This is actually a big deal for the platform X, which is now showing it’s ability to distribute content to the widest audience. Considering Meta’s platforms have many more users, this is an interesting metric.
The trailer itself shows some really nice upgrades to the visual quality of the product, with environments and humans looking very realistic. It achieves what a good trailer should, which is to get gamers excited about the upcoming release, it’s just a shame there’s still quite a wait before we can get hands-on.
One criticism of the trailer is around the lack of footage from a gamer’s perspective that shows what the experience will truly be like. Much of the video shows cut scenes from the story aspect of the game so we’ll expect to see much more gameplay in Trailer 3.
If you haven’t been to the website, it’s definitely worth a scroll, the design is quite impressive, seamlessly blending, visuals and information.
