At its annual investors’ meeting, Sony says that it plans to bring half of its PlayStation titles to PC and mobile by 2025. In 2022, Sony plans to release a quarter of its IPs for PC and mobile, while the rest will constitute new titles coming to PlayStation. As of now, only 10 per cent of the IPs are available for mobile, and as per the company’s plan, it should reach 20 per cent in the next three years.
Jim Ryan, president, Sony Interactive Entertainment, said that expanding the company’s portfolio to PC, mobile, and live services will allow the company to move away from the narrow segment of the gaming market to being omnipresent in the entire gaming scene.
Ryan further added that if the company executes its plan for expansion into the PC and mobile segment, then it could witness a “significant growth in the number of people who play our games, the number of people who enjoy our games, and the number of people who spend money on our games.”
Sony recently brought some popular PlayStation titles – Horizon: Zero Dawn, Gods of War, and Days Gone – to PC, and they have been minting money for the company already. As per one of the slides from the meeting presentation, Sony projects a net sales of $300 million on PC this year, up from $80 million in net sales on the platform in the last fiscal year.
Moreover, Sony plans to release co-developed titles with third-party mobile developers while establishing its own studios for the mobile games. And PlayStation 4 might be phased out by 2025, suggesting one of the meeting slides.
Not just that, Sony is also working on bringing 12 new live services by 2025. Meanwhile, it plans to release three of them this year, including the MLB The Show 2022 and two unannounced titles.
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