Difficult to approach the twenty-first century without worrying a minimum of the mobile sector, widespread and incredibly prolific: Sony does not intend to miss it and although it has already set a foot there, the firm is obviously preparing to intensify its research. Proof of this is a new job offer, that of a “Head of Mobile” within PlayStation, spotted from the official site itself. This position of responsibility will then have several challenges to overcome: lead “a team of mobile leaders ” and especially, “focus on adapting the most popular PlayStation franchises for mobile “. Particularly crisp details, even if we do not yet know what forms this policy could take.
Are we talking about new, unreleased titles from known franchises, or portings of old-school games, already released years ago on previous PlayStation? What if it was an offer similar to Microsoft’s xCloud, offering a catalog of titles entirely in streaming? The possibilities are endless and, of course, very interesting.
Note that Sony has already interfered in the mobile world with the unfortunately failed attempt of the Sony Xperia Play in 2011, or even with the arrival of several titles such as Ratchet & Clank Before The Nexus, Run! Sackboy Run! or Uncharted Fortune Hunter. Recently, the Japanese firm has deployed a big update for its PlayStation app, allowing access to the online functions of the PSN and or to partially take control of its PS5. We can therefore legitimately expect several announcements, perhaps even this year …
