GTA Trilogy remasters will be leaving Netflix soon according to the company’s app, Apple App Store and Google Play Store. A date has been set for the collection’s partial removal. This might come as a bit of a surprise to fans for various reasons.
It was just this week a major update bringing over improvements from these mobile ports to the PC and console versions. The ports made for mobile included several improvements over the earlier console and PC counterparts such as a “Classic Lighting” option. This feature and dozes more of fixes came in this huge update which you can view here.
Ever since the successful launch on mobile last year, fans have been asking Rockstar to bring these changes over to PC and console. They did just that and the GTA Trilogy has been the talk of the town this week. Plus, the GTA Trilogy has been downloaded over a combined 36 million times with Netflix very pleased with its performance.
Exiting Netflix But Not Mobile
It has been almost 12 months since Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition came to mobile via Netflix. It is hard to believe they’ve been out on mobile for a year when we went 2 full years of radio silence and saw delays.
Now, Netflix have put in their app as spotted by What’s On Netflix and on the game’s App Store and Play Store listings for both GTA Vice City and GTA III are leaving Netflix. This means the license has come to an end and there is no extension.
If you want to continue to keep playing these games on mobile, you’ll have to buy them as your Netflix subscription is no longer suffice. Each of the 3 games cost $19.99 / £18.99 / €19.99 on their own.
Whilst the two app store listings don’t include a date, looking on Netflix’s app displays the last day to play. It is Friday 13th December for both GTA Vice City and GTA III. So you have a month to keep playing.
GTA San Andreas Remains
Interestingly, GTA San Andreas is omitted from the exit messaging. This suggests a license extension for Netflix to keep it for subscribers. After all, GTA San Andreas was by far the most popular of the three games. During their last count in September, GTA SA accounted for over 25 million of the 36m total. Impressive stuff. We’ll have to wait and see if/when GTA San Andreas follows the others out of Netflix or if Vice City and III make a return.
Let us know down in the comments if you’ve checked out these mobile versions. Stay tuned to RockstarINTEL for every news update on the GTA series including GTA 6 and GTA Online.
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