In a moment that quietly redrew the boundaries between gaming and prestige entertainment, Netflix secured a six-hour exclusive window for nearly 27 minutes of Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay footage — and 31.1 million viewers arrived within the first week, placing it atop charts in 87 countries. The footage outperformed films and television series built for the streaming age, suggesting that the cultural gravity of a video game franchise can now rival, and perhaps exceed, that of Hollywood. As GTA VI prepares to launch on November 19, this experiment asks a larger question: not whether games belo