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Nirolak · Oct 14, 2016

Oregano said:
Oh cool, Sony can school Nintendo on mobile now too as well.

It'll be interesting to see how they approach it because their IP doesn't have the cultural cache Nintendo's does. Especially in Asia.

I think Hot Shots is their best bet. PowaPro and Rune Story Tennis are Top 10 monthly performers.

SatoAilDarko · Oct 14, 2016

HStallion said:
Playstation All Stars could find its home finally.

Sony was way ahead of you.

Omnistalgic · Oct 14, 2016

Wondering what games they will try and market for mobile. Seems like Nintendo is the only real fit for mobile with there IP.

Oregano · Oct 14, 2016

Nirolak said:
I think Hot Shots is their best bet. PowaPro and Rune Story Tennis are Top 10 monthly performers.

Oh yeah, good call. They can do both Tennis and Golf there(and possibly expand to other sports?).

I did think Gran Turismo but I'm not sure if Racing games are actually popular.

Qwark · Oct 14, 2016

Now's their chance to bring back Dragoon or Legaia in the form of Chaos Rings-like mobile RPGs!

Deleted member 752119 · Oct 14, 2016

dracula_x said:
Great choice, imo. Not sure about TLG though.

I doubt it would be a straight port. Seems like an IP that could work well for a Monument Valley type game.

Strike · Oct 14, 2016

Well, since it's unlikely that we'll see a handheld successor anytime soon (or ever), I'd like to see some of their old IPs on here like LocoRoco, Patapon, Ape Escape, Fat Princess, Parappa, etc.

Evilisk · Oct 15, 2016

GhostTrick said:
https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/14/sony-mobile-games-forwardworks-asia/

It seems The Last Guardian, Hot Shot Golf and IQ: Intelligent Qube could be the first of these titles.

I read the title and thought HS meant Heavenly Sword for some reason

Anyway, the Last Guardian is an interesting choice. It's also great they're apparently going for IQ. I wonder if they'll go for GPM or Doko Demo Issho.

EDIT: I just remembered they did this for Gunparade March

dracula_x · Oct 18, 2016

from Media Create thread:

Edge_Maverick said:
Top Companies list from September is out. Japan got a new mobile king!

Mixi is doomed lol

Sony is in Top5.

Oersted · Oct 18, 2016

dracula_x said:
from Media Create thread:

Sony is in Top5.

Sony has released more apps than the top 4 combined.

You could have fooled me.

ggx2ac · Nov 3, 2016

Wasn't sure whether to make a new thread.

http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Sony-to-make-PlayStation-games-for-smartphones?page=1

ForwardWorks, the new subsidiary is headed by Atsushi Morita, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia.

"We will offer five or six games by March 2018 and release their titles by the end of this year," Tomoki Kawaguchi, executive director of ForwardWorks, said at the company's office, which opened in October in Ebisu, downtownTokyo.

"We will utilize SIE's intellectual properties [game assets]," Kawaguchi said. "Ape Escape," "ICO" and other popular games from PlayStation's early days may become available on smartphones.

SIE Japan Studio, SIE's game development unit, will produce games in cooperation with outside developers.

While the domestic market for home-use games amounts to slightly more than 300 billion yen ($2.88 billion), that of smartphone games are estimated at around 900 billion yen. Technological advances have made a wider variety of games playable on smartphones, further stimulating demand.

Famitsu reported that 34.6 million people play smartphone games in Japan, outnumbering home-use game players by more than 10 million and including 18.34 million who play only smartphone games.

ForwardWorks hopes intellectual properties built up over 20 years on PlayStation will help draw the attention of those 18.34 million people to the PlayStation 4.

More at the link.

Blackleg-sanji1 · Nov 3, 2016

Sees ape escape..."dies inside"

Dami3N · Nov 3, 2016

Give the games trophie support.. And i will buy them

ggx2ac · Nov 3, 2016

Blackleg-sanji1 said:
Sees ape escape..."dies inside"

Yes, the only thing to read from this:

"We will utilize SIE's intellectual properties [game assets]," Kawaguchi said. "Ape Escape," "ICO" and other popular games from PlayStation's early days may become available on smartphones.

Is the bolded, so it's only confirmed they will use SIE IP's but which I don't know. It is still said in the article that they will announce the titles by the end of the year.

Probably not PSX since the mobile games are Asia focused and not worldwide focused for some reason.

AcademicSaucer · Nov 3, 2016

Playing The Last Guardian on an Ipad would be a fitting end to its 10 year long journey.

ggx2ac · Nov 17, 2016

*Bump*

Sony (SIE): To announce software titles and partner companies for its smartphone game project initially for Japan market from 16:00, Dec. 7.

https://twitter.com/mochi_wsj/status/799107777796812800

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