Thirteen years of anticipation found a single outlet on a Thursday evening in late August, when Rockstar Games handed Netflix a 27-minute window into Grand Theft Auto VI — and the streaming world briefly buckled under the weight of it. The preview, set in a sun-drenched fictional Florida and following two protagonists drawn into criminal conspiracy, became Netflix's most-watched content ever, surpassing every original film and series the platform had to offer that week. It is a moment that says less about one video game and more about how long-deferred cultural hunger, when finally given a doo