Sony continues its expansion strategy beyond the PS4 and PS5, and now has mobile gaming in its sights. In the last few hours, the Japanese firm announced the acquisition of Savage Game Studiosa studio based in Helsinki and Berlin that will join PlayStation Studios.
Details regarding the agreement are not abundant. At the moment the figures of the transaction have not been made public, although Herman Hulstleader of PlayStation Studios, reported that the studio will become part of a new mobile games division of the company. It will bear the name of PlayStation Studios Mobile Division and will be independent of the area dedicated to developments for consoles.
Savage Game Studios is not one of the best known names in the industry. The company was founded in 2020 and is working on an action title under the “game as a service” modality. It has not yet been mentioned if he will continue working on said project, or if he will have to reorganize his priorities to put himself under the orders of Sony.
Despite being a fairly new company, it has clearly generated enough attention for PlayStation Studios to open the portfolio and absorb it. “We share his relentless ambition to innovate, coupled with a continued drive to expand our audience and bring PlayStation to more people than ever before,” said Hulst.
Michail Katkoff, co-founder and CEO of Savage Game Studios, also touched on the acquisition by Sony. He mentioned that everyone in the company has vast experience in large studios, and who wanted to stay “small and nimble” to make their own decisions. However, the perspective changed when the offer came from the Japanese.
“We made this deal because we believe that the leadership of PlayStation Studios respects our vision of how we can best operate and be successful, and because they are also not afraid to take risks. All of that, plus the ability to potentially tap into the incredible catalog of intellectual property of PlayStation and the fact that we will benefit from the kind of support that only they can provide,” he added.
PlayStation sets its eyes on mobile games
That Sony intends to expand its business in the world of video games beyond consoles is not new. In recent times we have seen an increasingly strong push to bring the PlayStation brand to other platforms. Exclusive titles like days gone Y Horizon Zero Dawn They have already made the leap to PC. And let’s not forget that in mid-2021 it acquired Nixxes Software, a company dedicated to creating ports for computers, and added it to PlayStation Studios.
As for Savage Game Studios, its arrival may be crucial for PlayStation to step stronger in the mobile gaming sector. the paragraph mobile has proven to be very lucrative in recent yearsgenerating a lot of attention among industry giants.
The most notorious case has been that of Zynga, which this year was acquired by Take-Two Entertainment for more than 12,000 million dollars. Although we cannot forget King, the creator studio of candy crush, which in 2016 passed into the hands of Activision Blizzard for almost $6,000 million and can now fall under the wing of Microsoft. As long as the $68.7 billion acquisition of its parent company is completed, of course.
But let’s not expect Sony to take resources away from PS5 game development to focus on its new mobile gaming strategy. The Asians have made it clear that their expansion plans they don’t affect your primary focus on consoles.
“As we assured you earlier with our plans to bring select titles to PC, our efforts beyond console in no way diminish our commitment to the PlayStation community, nor our passion to continue creating incredible single-player narrative experiences.” Herman Hulst asserted.