Look where you look at it, the ‘Grand Theft Auto’ is not just a video game. It is a global phenomenon whose latest installment has been gearing and whose impact goes far beyond digital leisure. The second trailer has just been released and the hype It has exceeded all limits: more than 61 million views in less than a day.
And it’s not for less. The new Rockstar video is a declaration of intentions: technical, narrative and visually, whether or not you are a fan of the saga, it will leave you crazy. From the effects of photorealist lighting to the animations of the characters, GTA VI aims to become the most ambitious project in the history of entertainment.
More than 61 million visualizations in just 20 hours for the most expensive video game in history
Rockstar has confirmed what many feared but also intuited: The GTA VI is officially delayed until May 26, 2026.The news has arrived accompanied by the second game of the game, an authentic audiovisual jewel that has made the wait more bearable. In the words of the study: “We want to thank you for your support and your patience while we work to finish the game … We need this extra time to offer you the level of quality you expect and deserve.”
The new trailer has not only served to final 61 million visualizations in its first 20 hoursOn YouTube. And climbing. This is not only because of the trajectory that the Grand Theft Auto carries behind it, which is long, but for the quality of the video and what it shows.
The trailer offers a broader look at ‘Vice City’ and the protagonist duo – Ramos and Jason Duval -, in a history of crime, passion and chaos brand of the house. But what has really left the community speechless is the technical level: the visual finish looks like a film, with thorough and hyperrealist details and an lighting of authentic scandal.
For example, in a key scene, Jason observes a police detention from his car, at night. The spotlights, the shadows, the color palette … Everything seems taken from a Hollywood blockbuster.
And it is that GTA VI has everything to be the “swan song” of this generation of video games. At least, for now. In full era of intergenerational developments and technical limitations, Rockstar relies again on their Rage engine: a decision that allows them to maximize the PS5 and Xbox Series X hardware without compromising the open design or the scale of the world. Because we talk about a new generation video game, yes, but also a living, dense, detailed environment … almost real.
The magnitude of the project is such that even in figures impressed: With an estimated budget of 2,000 million dollars‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ not only exceeds ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ (540 million) or ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ (400 million), but leaves in diapers to film productions such as ‘Star Wars: the awakening of the force’ (447 million) or ‘The Avengers: the era of ultra’ (365 million). In fact, building the Burj Khalifa – the highest tower in the world – was cheaper and faster than developing GTA VI.
The video game industry has long left the cinema in business. In 2020, the gaming market moved 159,000 million dollarscompared to 19,000 cinema. It is no accident. AAA productions have nothing to envy to a Hollywood blockbuster: teams of hundreds of professionals, from animators to musicians, screenwriters, sound technicians, illuminators, virtual fashion designers, actors, experts in artificial intelligence and more. And GTA VI is the greatest example of this to date.
This huge expense makes sense when the return potential is considered: with an average of 80 euros per copy, Rockstar would need to sell some 25 million units To begin to make the investment of 2 billion dollars. Impossible? At all. GTA V already has more than 190 million units sold And it is still an active phenomenon more than a decade after its departure.
Beyond the graphics and the budget, what excites is the narrative and aesthetic ambition. Rockstar is still one of the few companies capable of combining gameplay, script depth and technical deployment without compromising the experience. The story of Lucía and Jason seems to drink both by Bonnie & Clyde and Michael Mann’s best cinema, with modern criminal serial dyes and a rhythm that promises to be as frantic as envelope. They take what they take, if what we have seen in this second trailer is faithful to the final game … the wait will be worth it.
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