Sony appears to be engaged on a brand new platform for free-to-play cellular video games, in accordance with particulars revealed by way of a PlayStation job itemizing. The job itemizing for the position of a Cellular Platform Architect mentions that the place requires designing PlayStation’s platform for “creating, publishing, and working free-to-play cellular video games.” The event comes after Microsoft introduced that it will launch an Xbox cellular retailer in July.
Sony PlayStation Itemizing Suggests New Plans for Cellular Gaming
The PlayStation job itemizing, noticed by TweakTown, reveals some particulars about Sony’s plans for cellular gaming. In line with the itemizing, PlayStation Studios Cellular is searching for an skilled software program engineer, who would lead the design and implementation of Sony’s cellular video games platform. The person would additionally must work with inside groups to attach cellular video games to present PlayStation providers.
The itemizing additionally mentions the tasks of the position. The person must “design the system structure and backend providers for the cellular video games platform” and “actively observe technical improvements, adjustments, and tendencies affecting cellular sport improvement.”
Additional, Sony is searching for somebody skilled in designing APIs or associated SDKs and possessing a working information of sport engines like Unity or Unreal Engine.
The PlayStation guardian has not but formally introduced its plans for a platform for free-to-play cellular video games. The corporate, nonetheless, has reportedly been engaged on bringing a few of its hottest PlayStation titles to cellular.
In a presentation final yr, the corporate reportedly mentioned that lots of its inside studios had been engaged on cellular video games. Within the presentation, Sony mentioned that it anticipated cellular video games to account for nearly 5 p.c of its video games portfolio in 2023, with the share projected to go as much as 10 p.c by 2025.
Sony’s rival Microsoft has been making motion pictures within the cellular gaming area, too. Final yr, the Xbox guardian accomplished its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard King; King is the developer and writer of standard cellular video games like Sweet Crush Saga and Farm Heroes Saga.
Earlier this month, Microsoft additionally introduced that it plans to launch its long-awaited Xbox cellular gaming retailer in July, the place it’ll provide its portfolio of first-party cellular video games like Sweet Crush and Minecraft.