GTA VI gameplay tops Netflix with 31M views, speeds past Robert De Niro and Outer Banks
Netflix had every reason to expect a dominant week on its own turf. The final season of Outer Banks premiered, and Robert De Niro returned to the platform in a new thriller in which he tracks down a serial killer alongside Adam Scott. By most reasonable expectations, one of these should have topped the charts. Instead, both were upstaged by twenty-seven minutes of video game footage. GTA VI…
In a surprising turn of events, the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA VI) outpaced both Robert De Niro's new thriller and the final season of Outer Banks on Netflix, amassing over 31 million views in a single week. This unprecedented feat marked the first time a video game trailer had topped Netflix's charts. De Niro's "The Whisper Man" secured second place with approximately 20 million views, while the Spanish thriller "Facing El Chapo" came in third with around 18 million views.
The top series was "The Death of the Pastor's Wife," amassing 19 million views. This victory highlights the immense anticipation surrounding GTA VI, a highly anticipated game from Rockstar Games, the eighth mainline entry in the popular franchise. Despite leaks of gameplay clips, the trailer's exclusive six-hour Netflix debut garnered significant attention, becoming the most-watched content on the platform during that period.
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