'Grand Theft Auto' trilogy to hit Netflix on December 14

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Iconic Grand Theft Auto games are coming to Netflix, with GTA III, GTA: San Andreas and GTA: Vice City available for streaming via the Netflix (NFLX) mobile app beginning December 14. Yahoo Finance's Dan Howley, Josh Schafer and Alexandra Canal discuss how adding the blockbuster gaming franchise could benefit Netflix's interactive entertainment push.

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DAN HOWLEY: GTA is coming to Netflix, GTA, "Grand Theft Auto." I remember playing this. I was saying before when we were discussing this. Listening to Limp Bizkit, this is like two months ago. No, I'm just kidding. When I was younger in high school, the original "Grand Theft Auto 3" it's coming to Netflix. You'll be able to get it through the Play Store, the App Store, or through Netflix on mobile.

You're going to get the original "Grand Theft Auto 3." You're going to get "Grand Theft Auto San Andreas." You're going to get "Grand Theft Auto Vice City." I can't remember the name of the actor still who does the voice in Vice City. But either way, "Tears for Fears" all over that soundtrack for Vice City.

And this is a massive move for Netflix. This franchise is virtually unstoppable. "Grand Theft Auto V" came out, I want to say, 2013, 2014, something around there. It's still making bank for Take-Two Interactive. That's a parent company of Rockstar Games, which puts out "Grand Theft Auto." They have now "Grand Theft Auto" online, printing millions of dollars for them nonstop. You just get on there, they release an update and people just won't stop.

This is huge news because they're fighting Microsoft, they're fighting Sony now. They're fighting, not so much Nintendo. They're not really-- Nintendo does their own kind of thing. But the fact that they're getting into this gaming space so deeply now with such a huge franchise means that they're going to be up against some tough competition.

JOSH SCHAFER: Well, to me, I mean, you just-- like you said, Dan, you go out and get that big of a brand, it feels like such a win when you're trying to build a new arm to your business. We talk about this a lot with the streamers even with what movies they have, right, and what kind of content you get. You want to go out and basically get a top dog. "Grand Theft Auto" is easily that. Allie, I'm curious from the Netflix perspective, does this actually help them get more subscribers? Like, what's the play for Netflix here in the strategy if you think of what they've said about gaming?