Sony’s PlayStation is reportedly getting into mobile gaming in a big way. The company recently posted a job listing for a “mobile platform architect” to design a platform for developing and publishing free mobile games.
The job listing says PlayStation wants to make a platform where mobile games connect to PlayStation services. The platform will make sure mobile games meet PlayStation’s high quality standards.
This shows PlayStation has big plans for the mobile gaming market. Until now, PlayStation has only released a few simple mobile games like apps based on Uncharted and Sackboy.
Getting into mobile gaming makes sense for PlayStation. Mobile games are very popular and profitable these days. Experts predict the mobile games market will make $300 billion per year by 2028.
PlayStation’s main competitors are already getting involved in mobile too. Earlier this month, Microsoft’s Xbox announced plans for its own mobile games store launching in July. Nintendo has also released many popular mobile games like Super Mario Run in recent years.
So far, PlayStation has focused on bringing some of its big franchises like God of War and Spider-Man to PCs. But few PlayStation games have come to mobile yet. This new platform could allow big PlayStation titles to be played on smartphones and tablets.
It’s unclear which specific PlayStation games might come to the mobile platform at first. But the job listing suggests PlayStation wants its mobile titles to connect to the same services as console games.
Overall, the move shows PlayStation is serious about taking advantage of the booming mobile gaming industry. Launching its own dedicated mobile platform could open up PlayStation’s hit games to a massive new audience.
