PlayStation's Push Into Mobile Gaming: Snapshot Of Sony's Past And Present Mobile Market Plans
Sony has made it clear it's looking to diversify its business and explore new territories beyond PlayStation's single-player console games and into PC, mobile, and live-service markets. During the G&S segment of a Sony business briefing, CEO Jim Ryan reiterated the company's commitment to pursue PC and mobile audiences.
In the slide specifically about mobile, Ryan said the company has «aggressive growth plans.» Sony will partner with successful mobile developers, establish internal mobile development teams, and publish external mobile games. By the 2025 fiscal year (the period ending in March 2026), Sony aims for mobile games to represent 20% of its first-party portfolio releases, a noticeable jump from 0% in 2019 FY and 10% in the current fiscal year. Below is what we know so far about Sony's developments in the mobile gaming market.
Wipeout Rush (Rogue Games)--Announced in 2021, Wipeout Rush is an installment in the Wipeout universe, a PlayStation classic. It's a card-based racing game, complete with a retro comic book art style.
Fate Grand Order (Delightworks / Lasengle)--We also can't talk about Sony's mobile games without talking about Fate Grand Order, one of the most successful mobile games ever. Sony-owned company Aniplex previously was the publisher of FGO, but in 2021, Aniplex acquired FGO dev Delightworks. After the purchase, Delightworks established Lasengle--a company responsible for all of Delightworks' business. This is all to say, the studio that originally created FGO is still in charge of it--it's just owned by Sony now.
FGO launched in 2015 and is estimated, by Sensor Tower, to have made over $4 billion. Delightworks and FGO are not strictly associated with the PlayStation brand at this time, but it's
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