Sony announced the acquisition of Savage Game Studiosa mobile video game development company that will transform, or at least be the basis for The mobile division of PlayStation Studioswhose name already makes quite clear the intentions of a corporation of Japanese origin.
For a few years now, we have been experiencing a wave of acquisitions by giants that are collecting smaller companies that are not small in themselves. Here we can highlight Microsoft, which after taking over Inxile, Obsidian Entertainment and Ninja Theory acquired ZeniMax (parent company of Bethesda and Id Software) and more recently Activision-Blizzard.
Probably as a result of Microsoft’s massive purchases, the competition was forced to do the same to keep up. Sony responded by acquiring Bungie a few months ago and is now doing the same with Savage Game Studios to have its own mobile division, which we’ll see how that plays out after Nintendo doesn’t really shine in this sector with the exception of Pokemon Go games.
The purchase of Savage Game Studios could be in response to the diversification that Sony has pursued in recent years to cover video games through streaming with PlayStation Plus, virtual reality and its already consolidated presence on PC with the arrival of some of its star licenses. The rising price of the PlayStation 5 in the current economic context could be another incentive to insist on diversification.
Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, had this to say about the goals with the PlayStation Studios Mobile Division:Our mobile gaming efforts will be similarly additive, providing more ways for more people to engage with our content in an effort to reach new audiences unfamiliar with PlayStation and our games. Savage Game Studios is joining the newly formed mobile division of PlayStation Studios, which will operate independently of our console development and focus on innovative on-the-go experiences based on existing and new PlayStation IP.“.
Hulst also confirmed that Savage Game Studios is already working on a AAA mobile action game that would be delivered as a “live service”, so it’s not unlikely that major PlayStation licenses could appear as mobile apps in the future. Android and iOS.
