GTA 6 Trailer 1 Feels Bigger Than The Super Bowl Halftime Show
The time has finally come for Rockstar Games to unveil the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise: GTA 6. With Trailer 1 being a mere days away, the anticipation feels greater than that of a Super Bowl halftime show.
If that reference doesn’t land, you’re probably from outside of the United States. The Super Bowl is the largest sporting event of the year in North America. It’s akin to the FIFA World Cup but annually instead of every four years. Every year, regardless of what teams make it, every American Football fan anticipates the half-time show.
At the end of the second quarter, the field is cleared for whatever wildly creative stage they can come up with. One year, the spotlight was consumed in fire as Travis Scott and Maroon 5 performed, another featured Lady Gaga flying through the air in football padding, and sometimes they are memorable for completely different reasons. I’m looking at you, Janet Jackson.
So, how does this relate to the GTA 6 Trailer 1?
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GTA 6 Trailer 1 Carries The Largest Weight In Gaming History
Even if you’ve been on tour for decades, performing all over the globe, nothing compares to the weight of the Super Bowl Halftime Show. The artists are in front of the largest crowd of their career, and their singular performance is weighed against all of those who came before. It’s a go big or get roasted scenario, and even a pregnant Rihanna wasn’t immune to some hate after her Super Bowl LVII performance.
GTA 6 holds that same weight, if not much more. The gravity of this single trailer is insurmountable, and Rockstar Games has to deliver or suffer the consequences. It’s been over a decade since GTA 5 was released,
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