In news that probably shouldn't be surprising but remains mildly interesting, Rockstar's GTA Trilogy has surpassed 30 million downloads on streaming service Netflix. Who would have thought that iconic games, made so readily available, would be played so widely?
Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas arrived on the platform in December, and they can be downloaded with a Netflix subscription and a compatible phone or tablet. The arrival of Rockstar's stone-cold classics immediately spiked Netflix's nascent gaming undertaking, tripling monthly mobile game downloads, largely thanks to the games listed (thanks, Eurogamer).
Halfway through the year now, according to data compiled by mobilegamer.biz, more than 30 million people have downloaded these games so far, mostly in the U.S. on Apple devices. Most players opted to return to Grove Street; San Andreas racked up 20.5m downloads, Vice City 6.5m, and GTA 3 a respectable 3.3m.
Are you among the many millions to boot up the GTA Trilogy on mobile devices? Are you surprised to see Rockstar's back catalogue putting up such big numbers, or does it seem about par for the course? Don't use up all your data in the comments section below.
[source mobilegamer.biz, via eurogamer.net]
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Ah yes, my favorite tv show. An all time classic.
Interesting statistic, though I'm unsure what it has to do with PlayStation at all.
@ATaco the games are on PlayStation.
I’m shocked 30 million people even know Netflix has games.
That’s a really impressive number.
@Jaz007 I know netflix has games but i have no idea how to download them! Its more me not playing games on my phone then anything but the game side of netflix is not really advertised clearly by them.
@bindiana you can download them in the APP store (Netflix games all fall under Netflix Inc. publisher, even the GTA games), or in the Netflix APP itself. They work as any other APP on your phone once you download them, just need to use your Netflix Login when you first launch the app.
I recently got a backbone and downloaded the GTA games. Run well and great with a controller. Touch controls are a mess. But I think the smaller maps and shorter mission structure on the PS2 era GTA games fit nicely for mobile gaming.
I'm one of those people and I really rather enjoyed my time with GTA III and Vice City. Playing it with screen controls is a chore, though. Good thing you can pair a DualSense with an iPad (albeit without vibrations).
@Michael2008ish did they not put an ugly filter over the Chrono Trigger mobile version? Basically destroying the pixel-art?
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