GTA 6 Breaks Internet Traffic Records Before Release

faz.net (German) —

Grand Theft Auto VI has broken internet traffic records before its official release, with Frankfurt's De-Cix exchange node hitting 22.30 terabits per second on Tuesday, nearly one terabit above October's peak. The surge came from pre-order downloads of the over-200-gigabyte game, with Vodafone reporting traffic 60 percent above normal and 1&1 seeing a tenfold increase. De-Cix CEO Ivo Ivanov attributes the record solely to GTA. Previous traffic records were tied to football matches, but the November 19 launch is expected to be historic. GTA 6, costing over one billion dollars to produce, is the most expensive entertainment product ever made.


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