Netflix Exclusivity Might Have Been Annoying, But Everyone Watched The GTA 6 Extended Look Anyway

Netflix Exclusivity Might Have Been Annoying, But Everyone Watched The GTA 6 Extended Look Anyway

From TheGamer (Written by Rhiannon Bevan) on | OpenCritic

With Grand Theft Auto being the powerhouse that it is, Rockstar can pretty much do whatever it wants with GTA 6. That includes making the gameplay reveal - essentially an advertisement for the game - a temporary Netflix exclusive. That meant that anyone who wanted to see the gameplay for a game that was already available to pre-order had to either get a Netflix subscription or wait a few hours for it to hit YouTube.

For obvious reasons, this was pretty controversial. But despite all of the frustration this caused, most of us sat down and watched it anyway - and through Netflix, it would seem. That's because the GTA 6 Extended Look was the most-watched release on Netflix last week, despite not being a real show or film.

As reported by Variety, GTA 6 Extended Look amassed 31.1 million views on Netflix alone. This propelled it to the top of the Netflix charts, despite the fact that we've never really seen the subscription service host anything like this before.

In fact, it seems that the Extended Look was much more successful on Netflix than it was on YouTube, meaning most viewers wanted to watch it as soon...

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