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Variety’s Jennifer Maas reports that Netflix’s exclusive 27-minute “GTA VI” extended look, live for only six hours before hitting YouTube, became the streamer’s most-viewed title last week with 31.1 million views, ranking No. 1 in 87 of 93 tracked countries.
TheWrap’s Kayla Cobb reports that Sensor Tower found Netflix’s U.S. app downloads rose 24% the day it posted an extended GTA VI first look, with iOS downloads up 54% as the app jumped to 35th on the App Store’s free chart.
Sep 1CNBC’s Jenni Reid and Alex Buckmaster report that Netflix aired an extended GTA 6 preview Thursday, a rare move for the streamer, and viewers hit error messages from overload; Twitch saw similar bandwidth issues.
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