PARIS: A trailer for the newest instalment of blockbuster online game franchise Grand Theft Auto soared previous 100 million views on YouTube on Wednesday (Dec 6), smashing data on its approach.
The trailer teased a 2025 launch date for the sixth version of the sport – a full 12 years after GTA V, which is the second biggest-selling online game in historical past.
Such was the pent-up pleasure that the trailer shot previous 60 million views on YouTube inside 12 hours, breaking a document claimed by American YouTuber MrBeast.
He stated in October a video he uploaded evaluating homes of various values had clocked up 60 million views in 23 hours, making it a document for a non-music video.
However the YouTuber, actual title Jimmy Donaldson, posted on Tuesday on X, previously Twitter: “The GTA 6 trailer simply broke our document for many views on YouTube in 24 hours.”
Nonetheless, the GTA VI trailer fell in need of the general YouTube document – South Korean boy band BTS racked up greater than 108 million views on the primary day for his or her track Butter and 101 million for Dynamite.
The trailer centered on a personality named Lucia, freshly free of jail in a Florida-like setting – making her the primary playable girl character in a franchise lengthy criticised for its depiction of ladies, minorities and LGBTQ individuals.
It took GTA VI greater than 30 hours to go 100 million views.
Followers had been close to common of their reward for the snippets of motion – the YouTube add has 9 million likes – however many commented on the size of time between the fifth and sixth editions.
“At this charge I’ve bought about 3 GTAs left in my lifetime,” wrote YouTubers The Gradual Mo Guys in response to the trailer.
