Any actor in the video game industry is fully aware of the disruptive power the franchise has. Grand Theft Auto. Just look at the data generated by the simple communication of the premiere of the “next GTA” trailer in December (logically expected to correspond to ‘GTA VI’), and like this simple informative explosion, it managed to cause some record-breaking explosion. First of all, the release of the trailer announcement on X (Twitter in its youth) exceeded 1.1 million “likes” in one day. As a result, it becomes the video game message published on the platform with the most positive engagement in the shortest time.

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In any case, it is noteworthy that this record was broken twice by the same series. The preview of the trailer surpasses another release from the same Rockstar Games in 2022, also related to ‘GTA’; and communication that officially confirms the development of the video game. 563 thousand “likes” in 24 hours. What’s interesting is that this whole effect happens without any official reference to what to expect from the new ‘Grand Theft Auto’. There is endless speculation, the majority of which is based on the existence of the two heroes and the return to the city of Vice City, but nothing concrete has been shown so far.

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Although it may seem exaggerated, this level of noise is completely understandable. The announcement marks the end of more than a decade of waiting. We also cannot ignore that the series has become a reference for generations of gamers since the PlayStation 2. A large portion of its social base began enjoying virtual street experiences at large scale works in the early 2000s. ‘GTA: Vice City’ and ‘San Andreas’; Starring the charismatic (already historic) Niko Bellic, 2008’s ‘GTA IV’ represented a pivotal moment for seventh-generation console users, especially as they were able to unleash the full power of the PS3 and Xbox 360. It was also expanded and expanded for PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2013 with the arrival of ‘GTA V’. Apart from revolutionizing the concept of introducing three heroes (unprecedented in the series), this format also introduced ‘GTA Online’. popular multiplayer mode. A feature that is now as revered as the main campaign and is responsible for keeping the game alive for all these years.

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The success and profitability of ‘GTA V’ is such that in the last financial report Take-Two Interactive, (owner rockstar games), it has obviously sold 190 million copies in 10 years, of which 75 million were purchased in the last twelve months. On the one hand, this brings to mind the extreme power that ‘Grand Theft Auto’ can produce, and on the other hand, it provides an explanation for the explosion created by the announcement of the release date of the trailer of a video game that has not yet been announced. nothing is known. In this case, it is not difficult to predict that we will encounter huge numbers at the premiere.