Sony has big plans to expand into the mobile gaming market and recently purchased Savage Game Studios to join the team.
Sony is coming back to smartphone gaming by establishing the new PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, revealing its first member, the recently acquired Savage Game Studios.
Don’t worry; PlayStation isn’t shifting gears to focus solely on mobile games. Console gaming will still be Sony’s forte. The company is simply expanding. Head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst states in the announcement post (opens in new tab) that these new efforts will be “additive [by] providing more ways for more people to engage with [Sony’s] content.” It’s a similar mindset to the PS5 games that made their way to PC, like Marvel’s Spider-Man. Such moves, by the way, seem to have paid off. God of War, for example, managed to sell over two million copies when it made the jump to desktop.
But unlike those ports, Sony plans to create brand new games for mobile with some titles being based on established PlayStation franchises. It’s confirmed that developers under the Mobile Division umbrella “will operate independently” from the console division, with Sony being fairly hands-off.
At this point in time, it’s unknown what Savage Game Studios, under Sony’s auspices, is working on for mobile platforms. We did contact Sony to see if it’s willing to share any tidbits.
