{"id":87231,"date":"2026-08-06T15:56:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87231"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T20:36:34","slug":"gta-6-trailer-being-paywalled-behind-netflix-is-upsetting-a-lot-of-people-but-its-a-sign-of-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=87231","title":{"rendered":"GTA 6 Trailer Being Paywalled Behind Netflix Is Upsetting A Lot Of People, But It\u2019s A Sign Of The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of nowhere, Rockstar and Netflix announced today that an &#8220;extended look&#8221; at GTA 6 will be available on the streaming platform on August 27. People have been clamoring for a new look at the game, given that it&#8217;s been more than a year since Trailer 2, but few could have expected the next look at GTA 6 to come via Netflix. A lot of people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/netflix-gta-6-exclusive-seems-doomed\/?_thumbnail_id=1802460\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/netflix-gta-6-exclusive-seems-doomed\/?_thumbnail_id=1802460\">disappointed by this<\/a>, saying Rockstar is effectively paywalling the next GTA 6 trailer by hosting it exclusively via Netflix &#8230; for a time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be sure, the Netflix exclusivity is only for six hours, as the footage will later be available on Rockstar&#8217;s own YouTube page at 9 PM ET the same day. It&#8217;s also all but guaranteed that people will rip the Netflix footage and post it online before then. But it&#8217;s the principle of the matter that is upsetting some portion of the GTA fanbase. <\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1841588\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lucia_Caminos_06.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1841588\" \/>GTA 6&#8217;s next trailer is exclusive to Netflix for its debut. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For critics, the near-ubiquity of a Netflix subscription is irrelevant. They see it as an extra hoop to jump through to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out of nowhere, Rockstar and Netflix announced today that an &#8220;extended look&#8221; at GTA 6 will be available on the streaming platform on August 27. People have been clamoring for a new look at the game, given that it&#8217;s been more than a year since Trailer 2, but few could have expected the next look&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":87233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87234,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87231\/revisions\/87234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}