Netflix is seemingly set to delist 22 games -including Hades and Monument Valley – next month.
Hades and Monument Valley are among the mobile games seemingly set to leave Netflix in July.
According to Endgadget, 22 titles are due to be delisted from the streaming platform, including Hades, Monument Valley, Battleship and SpongeBob: Bubble Pop F.U.N.
Other games apprently set to be cut from Netflix include Ghost Detective, Katana Zero, Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed, Ludo King and The Rise of the Golden Idol.
What’s On Netflix has claimed these apparent delistings are simply due to the expiry of licences, with the cut content said to reduce the streaming service’s games catalogue by almost 20 per cent.
In March, Netflix’s President of Games Alain Tascan theorised gaming in the future would rely less on consoles produced by the likes of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
Speaking with The Game Business, he said: “[When it comes to] console, we started to look at the future where the platform is agnostic.
“Look at the younger generation. Are eight year-olds and 10 year-olds dreaming of owning a PlayStation 6? I am not sure.
“They are wanting to interact with any digital screen, whatever it is, wherever it is, even in the car. With console you’re thinking about high definition, you’re thinking about the controller.
“If we look at this older model, I think it will restrain us.”
Tascan added Netflix will be doubling down on its games strategy.
He said: “I am very vigorous about lowering friction and eliminating it if we can. I see that the subscription is friction as well.
“Maybe good friction because it makes business sense, but still we did the test of eliminating subscription for Squid Game: Unleashed. And we may do other tests.”
Hades and Monument Valley ‘among titles set to leave Netflix’
