We already reported last month about Sony’s shift to mobile and today we’ve got it confirmed by none other than Jim Ryan, the company’s president and CEO. As part of Sony’s investor relations day, Jim Ryan said in a Q&A session that some of the company’s iconic IPs will be brought to mobile.
Bringing established PlayStation IPs to mobile is a good way to complement its AAA PlayStation 5 titles that are likely to be announced in the coming months. The company’s new corporate strategy was fully described during the meeting today:
Mobile is just of the areas we are exploring to reach millions of gamers beyond our platforms. PlayStation has a huge catalog of diverse first-party IP that can transition to smartphone gaming and complement out AAA games or live service games. We are exploring the mobile market with some wonderful PlayStation franchises so please stay tuned.
In FY21 we will begin to publish some of our iconic PlayStation IP on mobile and we anticipate that in 2021, that will not provide a significant profit flow, but we do anticipate that as we learn from that experience, and as we increase the number of titles that we publish on mobile, the contribution from both PC and mobile will start to become steadily more important as time passes.
So, there you have it, folks! If you’re into mobile gaming, expect some great PlayStation exclusive games to be coming your way later this year and in Q1 2022.
