Sony plots big PlayStation push into mobile gaming Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Sony plots big PlayStation push into mobile gaming Touchy subject. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 10 Apr 2021 72 comments Sony is plotting a big push into mobile gaming - with the biggest PlayStation games key to the effort. A job advertisement for Head of Mobile, PlayStation Studios, SIE, reveals plans for the successful candidate to "focus on successfully adapting PlayStation's most popular franchises for mobile". "You will be responsible for building and scaling a team of mobile leaders and will serve as the Head of this new business unit within PlayStation Studios." Watch on YouTube Eurogamer news cast: why did Nintendo kill Mario? So, what should we expect? Well, PlayStation's most popular franchises include Naughty Dog's Uncharted and The Last of Us series, Polyphony's Gran Turismo, Sony Santa Monica's God of War, and Insomniac's Ratchet & Clank. Perhaps we'll see mobile iterations as a result of this new push. Don't hold your breath, though. The job ad says a roadmap will need to be developed for a three to five year timeframe. Uncharted: Fortune Hunter launched on mobile in 2016. Sony already has a mobile publishing label, called PlayStation Mobile, Inc., which has published the likes of the PlayStation app, the PS Remote Play app, endless-runner Run Sackboy! Run!, top-down puzzle game Uncharted: Fortune Hunter, AR app God of War Mimir's Vision, and a handful of PlayStation 4 PlayLink titles, such as Supermassive's Hidden Agenda, and Flavourworks' Erica. Interestingly, Sony has also used PlayStation Mobile, Inc. to publish PlayStation games on PC, such as Horizon, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, and the upcoming Days Gone. And who can forget the Xperia Play? This phone / handheld console hybrid produced by Sony Ericsson was once dubbed the "PlayStation Phone", and launched in 2011 with 60 games, some of which were PlayStation classics. These included Cool Boarders 2, Destruction Derby, MediEvil and Syphon Filter. Mobile gaming is big business, of course. Pokémon Go, Candy Crush, PUBG, Genshin Impact and Roblox all pull in hundreds of millions of pounds a month. I imagine Sony fancies a piece of that lucrative pie. The news comes hot on the heels of a Bloomberg report that claims Sony has an "obsession with blockbusters" that was "stirring unrest" within PlayStation's studios. As part of that report we discovered Naughty Dog is working on a The Last of Us remake and Sony Bend is working on a brand new game and not Days Gone 2. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 13 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store