By Ray Ampoloquio · Aug 18, 2026 Updated by Matt Gibbs · Aug 18, 2026 Sony's PS5 ad has no new GTA 6 footage, it reuses Trailer 2 clips with brighter lighting, full 16:9 framing, and added sound effects.

Zoom image: That new GTA 6 PS5 ad isn't new footage. It's Trailer 2 re-cut by Sony's marketing team. Sony dropped a new Grand Theft Auto VI clip into the wild on August 17 and within hours Grand Theft Auto fans were doing what the internet does, freezing it frame by frame and arguing about it.

The truth, as always, isn't quite what fans are making it it out to be.

GTA 6 only shows up three times in a one-minute commercial posted by PlayStation, which is a glossy montage of live-action shots and game footage built to sell PlayStation 5 consoles. You'll see it roughly around the 24, 44, and 52-second marks of the "It Happens on PS5" commercial embedded below, sandwiched between clips of Marvel's Wolverine and God of War Laufey .

Is there brand new footage? No. Every GTA 6 shot in the ad is lifted straight from the second trailer that dropped back in May 2025. Nobody at Rockstar Games filmed anything new for a console ad. However, it does look a little bit different, probably because Sony's marketing team got their hands on it.

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