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Netflix is sort of a wild card in the gaming industry. It didn't come out of left field, but it's treading on the path Apple Arcade forged a while ago. If Netflix Games keeps it steady-as-she-goes and doesn't get too greedy, subscribers will have nothing to complain about. Well, there's always something to complain about, but not in the EA-Games-back-in-the-day sense.
Strauss Zelnic, Take-Two president, made the company's earnings public in 2023, revealing how much money the Grand Theft Auto franchise has made for the past decade.
Since GTA V launched in September 2013, along with GTA Online and Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, this household name has raked in over $8.33 billion. It's averaging somewhere along the lines of $700 million every year.
In fact, when the trilogy came out in FY (fiscal year) 2022, GTA brought in almost 1.1 billion dollars. However, the trilogy wasn't the most successful launch Rockstar ever had, quite the opposite. The games looked and performed poorly, way beneath the legacy they have created in the minds and hearts of fans.
The remastered edition wasn't handled by Rockstar but by Grove Street Games, who made other mobile ports for Rockstar in the past. However, it's still no excuse because, ultimately, they were the ones that greenlit the buggy state of the Definitive Edition.
Rockstar even wrote an apology on their official website, saying, "The Grand Theft Auto series — and the games that make up this iconic trilogy — are as special to us as we know they are to fans around the world. The updated versions of these classic games did not launch in a state that meets our own standards of quality, or the standards our fans have come to expect."
Since then, they've cleaned up the technical issues and overall problems with the trilogy. Suffice it to say that people are okay with the current state of the games.
So in comes Netflix swooping Rockstar or Take-Two off their feet so hard they gave in and "lent" them the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. Starting December 14, if you have an active Netflix subscription, you can play GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas on your phone without any headaches.
Netflix Games works on Android devices like phones and tablets and also on iPhones, iPads, and... the iPod touch (for some reason). The best part is that you won't get annoying ads; you won't be charged extra fees or encounter paywalls or any other form of in-app purchases. It's a true Apple Arcade clone, as I've said.
Currently, there are 50 games on the platform, give or take. Some personal recommendations would be Dead Cells, Oxenfree, Asphalt Xtreme, Moonlighter, Farming Simulator 23, Into the Breach, and of course, the GOAT (greatest of all time), TMNT: Shredder's Revenge.
Since GTA V launched in September 2013, along with GTA Online and Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, this household name has raked in over $8.33 billion. It's averaging somewhere along the lines of $700 million every year.
In fact, when the trilogy came out in FY (fiscal year) 2022, GTA brought in almost 1.1 billion dollars. However, the trilogy wasn't the most successful launch Rockstar ever had, quite the opposite. The games looked and performed poorly, way beneath the legacy they have created in the minds and hearts of fans.
The remastered edition wasn't handled by Rockstar but by Grove Street Games, who made other mobile ports for Rockstar in the past. However, it's still no excuse because, ultimately, they were the ones that greenlit the buggy state of the Definitive Edition.
Rockstar even wrote an apology on their official website, saying, "The Grand Theft Auto series — and the games that make up this iconic trilogy — are as special to us as we know they are to fans around the world. The updated versions of these classic games did not launch in a state that meets our own standards of quality, or the standards our fans have come to expect."
Since then, they've cleaned up the technical issues and overall problems with the trilogy. Suffice it to say that people are okay with the current state of the games.
So in comes Netflix swooping Rockstar or Take-Two off their feet so hard they gave in and "lent" them the Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. Starting December 14, if you have an active Netflix subscription, you can play GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas on your phone without any headaches.
Netflix Games works on Android devices like phones and tablets and also on iPhones, iPads, and... the iPod touch (for some reason). The best part is that you won't get annoying ads; you won't be charged extra fees or encounter paywalls or any other form of in-app purchases. It's a true Apple Arcade clone, as I've said.
Currently, there are 50 games on the platform, give or take. Some personal recommendations would be Dead Cells, Oxenfree, Asphalt Xtreme, Moonlighter, Farming Simulator 23, Into the Breach, and of course, the GOAT (greatest of all time), TMNT: Shredder's Revenge.
BIG NEWS: GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas from the Grand Theft Auto Series are coming to Netflix Games for mobile on December 14! pic.twitter.com/qe9DGOHXyO
— Netflix (@netflix) November 29, 2023
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