u/KedrukKillaz

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First, I want to say that English isn't my primary language, and I'm trying to write this all through a translator. I hope that everything I've said won't be distorted by the translation. Also, this is my first post on Reddit, and I don't know if I'm formatting it correctly. Sorry for the inconvenience.

A month ago, I was analyzing trailer release dates for ALL previous Rockstar games (thanks to this subreddit for the info) in relation to the investor call. And like everyone else here, I noticed that trailer 3 was coming out ALMOST two weeks before the call. Back then, the call was supposed to happen on May 14th, a Thursday, which doesn't quite fit with the classic GTA 6 trailer release pattern of Tuesdays. Back then, my guess was May 5th (to maintain the pattern) and May 7th (14 days from the call).

Today, just for fun, I decided to ask the AI ​​how to find out when a YouTube playlist was updated. It turns out you can find this information through the YouTube Data API. Completely clueless about how to use it, I asked the AI ​​to look up all the information for me (I think anyone who understands how to do this could do it without the AI). It said the trailer playlist update date was April 30th. I asked it how many videos are currently in the playlist, based on API data. Three videos. One of them is marked as private.

Then, I asked the AI ​​to analyze trailer release dates for ALL Rockstar games, the days of the week of release, how they compare with investor call dates, and, most importantly, the release date of the game trailers and the date they were uploaded as private (based on API data). You can see the answer in the screenshots.

https://preview.redd.it/k12s7nyqf9zg1.png?width=695&format=png&auto=webp&s=ec4ad5f596e34d6470a4791e6767816d36527ce8

https://preview.redd.it/s4szkkirf9zg1.png?width=706&format=png&auto=webp&s=8d6f82c52d02254f44ccdcc43643698665749c86

https://preview.redd.it/ikxzfp3sf9zg1.png?width=729&format=png&auto=webp&s=c83872251576ac9b114dcbc082140d252d752ede

Trailers are released 3 to 6 days after uploading as private. May 5th marks the fifth day since the trailer was released as a private release. May 5th is Tuesday, which aligns with the pattern, giving Rockstar a couple of extra days to gather information for investors. I think the answer is obvious: the trailer will be released on May 5th. Period.

Yes, some people will appear in the comments and say, "There's no Rockstar pattern; they've always released trailers unexpectedly." But if you dig deeper, you'll see how they followed the same trailer process, they just based it on the game's internal release dates (which we couldn't have known).

If this is confirmed (and it will be), I'd like to send a shout-out to the Rockstar marketing employee who reads this subreddit, as he'll likely close this loophole with YouTube Data API viewing. Until then, I'll see you in 7-8 hours, enjoying the trailer with you.

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u/KedrukKillaz — 10 days ago