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A blockbuster trailer becomes a bigger measured event than the game it is selling

Kotaku, via radar, Oct 16 · read the original

Rockstar's long-delayed Grand Theft Auto VI launch trailer dominates YouTube's trending board on both sides of the Atlantic and anchors three separate prediction-market contracts on its week-one view count, while Kotaku says the footage looks like a downgrade from the game's first trailer.

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