'If You're Not a Netflix Subscriber, You Definitely Should Be' — Take-Two Boss Teases Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look volition hopefully springiness america the archetypal due gameplay uncover for GTA 6 — and it volition beryllium exclusive to Netflix for six hours. This unprecedented selling bushed has drawn disapproval from immoderate who person said Rockstar is efficaciously paywalling a video crippled trailer. Meanwhile, galore questions remain. Is this extended look on the lines of a modular gameplay trailer? A mini GTA 6 documentary? A Netflix show? Something other entirely? Strauss Zelnick, brag of Rockstar genitor institution Take-Two, is keeping his cards adjacent to his chest. But successful a caller interrogation with IGN, helium said everyone volition tune successful regardless.

Rather than a straightforward GTA 6 Trailer 3, this peculiar lawsuit showcase sounds similar it volition connection fans a acold deeper dive connected Rockstar's highly-anticipated blockbuster — implicit a twelvemonth aft the steadfast released GTA 6 Trailer 2. Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look volition beryllium disposable to watercourse via Netflix connected Thursday, August 27 astatine 12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern / 8pm UK, six hours earlier it goes unrecorded connected YouTube astatine 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern connected August 27, oregon 2am UK connected August 28.

“I deliberation Rockstar felt that a Netflix merchandise would beryllium a large mode to amusement disconnected the extended trailer,” Zelnick told IGN, without going into specifics connected the woody betwixt the streamer and Rockstar itself. “Six hours aboriginal it volition beryllium disposable connected Rockstar's YouTube transmission and I deliberation yet connected galore different outlets,” helium continued. “And I deliberation this is an illustration of Rockstar trying caller things and selling the rubric and I anticipation there's overmuch much to come.”

I asked Zelnick if helium could acceptable expectations for what fans tin expect to spot from this extended look, oregon if successful his presumption it is worthy subscribing to Netflix for. As expected, helium wouldn’t accidental what Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look contains oregon adjacent however agelong it is, but it does dependable grander than your emblematic video crippled gameplay reveal.

“Well, arsenic you'd imagine, I'm lone going to accidental large things astir Netflix,” helium said. “If you're not a Netflix subscriber, you decidedly should beryllium one. And arsenic for the trailer itself, it's coming soon capable that I'll fto you get astatine your ain conclusion. I'm definite you're going to ticker it due to the fact that everyone is.”

Netflix has hundreds of millions of subscribers, truthful determination is simply a immense assemblage made up of radical who whitethorn not adjacent cognize GTA 6 is coming retired who volition beryllium exposed to the crippled done the streaming platform. This is evidently an charismatic proposition for Rockstar, adjacent without the undoubtedly compelling presumption of the woody it secured.

But going with a large Netflix uncover besides suggests Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look volition beryllium people wrong Netflix itself — a large unrecorded lawsuit of sorts, but a acquainted 1 for the streamer's immense audience. It mightiness adjacent person the look and consciousness similar an occurrence of a Netflix amusement — a one-shot, perhaps, that leaves the spectator hopeless to play the game. That GTA 6 tile volition surely inhabit the fig 1 ‘trending now’ spot arsenic soon arsenic the extended look is released, beforehand and halfway for each who log into Netflix for the evening searching for thing to watch.

The large question is, volition Netflix clang arsenic the satellite logs connected for the large GTA 6 uncover lawsuit connected August 27?

We've got plentifulness much from our interrogation with Strauss Zelnick today, including his comments connected the GTA 6 terms points, his defence of GTA 6 not launching connected a disc, and his prediction for erstwhile video crippled streaming volition really beryllium good.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].