It’s not a game studio — it’s the umbrella.
look like a new game studio that will produce its own games, nor, say, a way to port Sony’s biggest games to phones the way17 current and former job postings suggest that PlayStation Studios Mobile is more of a cross-functional management, strategy, licensing, and support team.
They figure what PlayStation intellectual property would best fit a mobile phone, help dish out that licensed IP to internalgame studios alike, oversee the titles, make sure the final games live up to Sony’s expectations — and maybe invest or even acquire external developers if there’s strategic value in it.
And many roles ask prospective employees to have a “proven track record” with free-to-play games specifically. I’ve only seen so far, and its primary responsibility is: “Support game design for internal projects and provide consultation for projects with external partners on mobile F2P systems, economy management and retention features.”Leaning on external studios wouldn’t be surprising: it’s a formula that’s worked for Sony in the past. Many lauded first-partythe brand was solely about its own first-party exclusives when the PS5 first launched.
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