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CosmicSex on 01 May 2026
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XtremeBG said:
CosmicSex said:

Not sure what you are saying here or what the statment is saying either.  

Rockstar isn't comparing the trailers as such, they are listing the accolades of the two trailers based on views within the first 24 hours. 

Also, when they say cross platform debut, you realize they mean more than just YouTube. 

But it feels like you are missing the point.  The Second trailer got 475 million views in 24 hours (accross all platforms not just youtube).  That is an enormous number.  And since there is no way to know what they total cross platform totals of both trailers are, there is no way for us to assert which was more 'popular'... as it it matters at the 500 million view level lol. 

What I am saying is, that it's not okay to put 1 trailer next to the other one, and give numbers for only youtube on the one while giving cross platform for the second. It paints a very different picture from the truth. It's like comparing PS5 US to PS4 total sales. Same thing. We don't know the cross gen numbers for the first one, however we know the youtube numbers for both, therefore we can compare them both from their youtube numbers. Which favors a lot more the first one .. Also I saw that you just quote them. I don't say that you are coming out with these figures .. but the point in that statement is wrong. Either compare both of them with the same factor or don't .. cuz otherwise it's misleading for how big impact has the first and the second one.

I understand what you are saying. I too would prefer to get like for like data points but the statement was designed to make each trailer sound as flattering as possible in the context of its first 24 hours.  Also, keep in mind that if the second trailer was the number one video of all time accross multiple platforms, then it was also ahead of the first trailer on multiple platforms as well.  So the only thing we can really extract from the statement is that both trailers did exceptionally well and the statement was designed to flatter them both without directly comparing them.