What if GTA 6 also arrived on Netflix?

Netflix, which launched its gaming division in 2021, wishes to continue strengthening its offering and is currently seeking to find an agreement to integrate a game from the license Grand Theft Auto to its catalog.

You may not know it, but Netflix has had a video game division for two years, with a catalog accessible through the subscription. The company started by adding a number of mobile games, before adding Night School, the studio behind the games. Oxenfree.

We also know that Netflix is ​​developing big-budget games around its intellectual properties, but we learned today that the company is seeking to negotiate with Take-Two to add GTA to his offer.

GTA on Netflix? The SVOD service would like to

We have known for two years now that Netflix is ​​seeking to penetrate the video game market by integrating it into its subscription service. The ambitions are clearly displayed, and American society visibly wishes to accelerate the movement. Via Wall Street Journalwe learned today that Netflix has the idea of ​​adapting some of its series, including Squid Games, Wednesday or Black Mirror in big budget games accessible via streaming.

According to our colleagues, the SVOD platform would also like to improve its showcase by attracting behemoths, including the license GTA from Rockstar Games. Internal discussions would have taken place, in order to obtain a licensing agreement around the famous franchise, the latest opus of which, GTA Vhas sold more than 185 million units.

However, the WSJ does not specify whether or not these exchanges gave birth to a real project, but talks would have been launched with Take-Two Interactive, which owns Rockstar and therefore GTA. In any case, it seems difficult to imagine that GTA VI released on Netflix. We should rather look towards GTA Valready very installed, towards the remasters of GTA III, Vice City And San Andreasor even on the side of Chinatown Warsreleased on Nintendo DS, PSP in 2009 then on iOS and Android in 2010 and 2014.

Netflix Games, real ambition or flagship product?

Launched in 2021, Netflix Games currently does not generate any revenue. The idea is therefore to attract new subscribers, retain them and bring them back. But the results are timid for the moment, especially as subscription prices are increasing. Netflix games have certainly been downloaded 70.5 million times, more than twice the total recorded a year before, but less than 1% of subscribers launch a title from the games catalog on a daily basis.

To establish itself in the emerging streaming game sector, Netflix has acquired Night School Studio (Oxenfree) as well as Boss Fight Entertainment and Next Games. AAA titles are in development, but shareholders are not yet fully convinced. Cloud gaming seems to be a natural evolution of the offer, but it is expensive and, for the moment, makes no money. According to some analysts, Netflix has spent more than $1 billion in the sector.

Source : Wall Street Journal