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But again, I think it speaks to the strange place that video games occupy in our popular culture.

I know, I know, I know.

Don't get defensive about it,

Alex.

They're big.

They're bigger

than Hollywood, etc.,

No, I mean, it's fair.

I think what video gaming is interesting, because especially as we've seen with Grand Theft Auto 6, Grand Theft Auto stands on its own.

I think there's nothing else like it.

The last one came out 13 years ago.

There's absolutely nothing like it in its scale, in its execution, in its impact and how much it will sell.

You know, the last Grand Theft Auto, still one of the most played video games on earth, sold 230 million copies worldwide.

And in its first 24 hours, generated just under a billion dollars.

Then two weeks later, they launched what was called GTA Online.

And they've probably made around $8 to $10 billion on top of that.

And so when they're looking at GTA 6, it's much closer to developing a theme park in both its budget and its scale.

And it is like a Disneyland in a world where... everybody else is kind of maybe in knoxbury farms you know it's got a budget that's probably like above one billion one and a half billion and it's it's really interesting i don't think there's any other media product like it of that scale it'll it'll have you know an impact that is completely outsized over anything else in gaming and it's exciting we actually don't know what it's going to do to the market

So it's done about almost $500 million in pre-sales.

These are massive franchises.

It's a big moment for Miami.

It is a big moment for Miami.

It plays in a fictional version of Miami called Vice City.

Very excited to go back to Vice City as somebody who's...

There was a game in Vice City before.

But again, I think it speaks to the strange place that video games occupy in our popular culture.

I know, I know, I know.

Don't get defensive about it,

Alex.

They're big.

They're bigger

than Hollywood, etc.,

No, I mean, it's fair.

I think what video gaming is interesting, because especially as we've seen with Grand Theft Auto 6, Grand Theft Auto stands on its own.

I think there's nothing else like it.

The last one came out 13 years ago.

There's absolutely nothing like it in its scale, in its execution, in its impact and how much it will sell.

You know, the last Grand Theft Auto, still one of the most played video games on earth, sold 230 million copies worldwide.

And in its first 24 hours, generated just under a billion dollars.

Then two weeks later, they launched what was called GTA Online.

And they've probably made around $8 to $10 billion on top of that.

And so when they're looking at GTA 6, it's much closer to developing a theme park in both its budget and its scale.

And it is like a Disneyland in a world where... everybody else is kind of maybe in knoxbury farms you know it's got a budget that's probably like above one billion one and a half billion and it's it's really interesting i don't think there's any other media product like it of that scale it'll it'll have you know an impact that is completely outsized over anything else in gaming and it's exciting we actually don't know what it's going to do to the market

So it's done about almost $500 million in pre-sales.

These are massive franchises.

It's a big moment for Miami.

It is a big moment for Miami.

It plays in a fictional version of Miami called Vice City.

Very excited to go back to Vice City as somebody who's...

There was a game in Vice City before.