In recent days there has been a lot of talk about the supposed internal strategy that Sony is taking as far as the PlayStation studios are concerned. From Bloomberg they assured that the company is giving priority to its largest studies, since they consider that their main IPs with which they generate more money, and also faster. So how do you make money from successful games? Taking it to mobiles , of course.
From PS5 to mobile
Before letting your imagination fly and thinking about impossible launches for mobile platforms, let’s start with the origin of everything. At PlayStation they seem to be interested in making the leap to the mobile platform. That is the conclusion that anyone could come to if they take a look at the job offers that the people of Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation have posted on the Greenhouse.io platform.
As we can see in the publication, the subsidiary of Sony Corporation is offering a position of Mobile Manager , a figure that would have to lead the development and strategy of mobile games at PlayStation Studios, a branch within the studio that today it does not exist (at least officially, of course). The work would be carried out in the Santa Monica or Los Angeles offices, and the brand estimates a period of 3 to 5 years for the project to be carried out, so in this time frame we should know something about it.
All for the games
This movement would serve to bring its most outstanding games to a sector where revenues skyrocket, hence other companies in the world of video games also made the leap, such as Nintendo with Animal Crossing , Super Mario and Mario Kart , or Activision with Call of Duty . It is an idea that makes all the sense in the world, and more after knowing that Sony is putting special interest in making the most of its large licenses, to the point of not taking care of the growth of the smaller studios and ordering the remake of The Last of Us original.
What PlayStation games will we see on mobile?
It would be easy to imagine that games like The Last of Us , God of War , Uncharted or Gran Turismo reach mobile phones, but we must be very clear that the mobile versions of these games might not be similar to the ones we know today. It is important to remember that the mechanics in mobile games work very differently than those of consoles, and the clearest example is in Super Mario Run , where Mario is controlled with a simple touch on the screen.
This does not mean that the resulting game is worse than the original. Nintendo has shown that with a good idea and based on the importance and impact of the original game, succeeding is not too difficult. Who thinks a God of War mobile game could fail? Sony is sure not to be wrong with the decision.