Sony’s answer to Apple’s blossoming App Store, PlayStation Mobile, kicked off with such a strong, well supported launch that it was always going to struggle to maintain momentum. Originally designed to cater for both major developers and “snack sized” titles from bedroom coders, the service has shifted since gamescom last year into something that appears to only attract indies. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that, of course, but where are the likes of SEGA and TECMO, two big names previously “behind” the platform?
Brighton-based Futurlab pushed PSM (as it’s known) fairly hard though, at least at first. A trio of launch titles (including cute puzzler Slidin’ Beats) suitably priced meant that they picked up a fair amount of the initial traction when the service first appeared. And the initial batch of titles from elsewhere, including indie darling Super Crate Box, represented a diverse enough offering. “We’ve had a good experience with PSM,” Futurlab’s James Marsden told The...
Sony's bold step into the mobile gaming world as they developing a new PlayStation Mobile Platform for free-to-play games.
if they make their mobile games playable on ps5 and their maybe new handheld, that would be huge. cause i aint playing any free games on my phone, cause mobile games suck. haha.
I like mobile games, but the problem for me is that «free games» usually has alot of p2w or other microtransaction connected to them. LoL, Hearthstone, civ, fm etc is great on iPad 😊 Would love to see rise of kingdoms etc Get rid of p2w formula.
Does anyone remember PS MInis from the PS3 era? I feel like most of those were mobile games that were ported...No reason they couldn't do that again I suppose. :)
Ha, I remember those! They didn’t have trophies so I’ve lost track of most of them, but I remember Hysteria Project and Angry Birds.
I feel like people don't understand what mobile gaming is anymore.
It's not the button phone cheap Tetris clones or movie licensed stuff anymore.
Mobile gaming is huge games like Genshin Impact Honkai: Star Rail, Wuthering Waves, Amazon and Bandai/Namco's Blue Protocol games with budgets that rival and even exceed AAA, but even things like CoD and other big western games have mobile versions.
All the games listed also have PC and console versions.
Sony already owns several big mobile games most famously Fate/Grand Order.
i feel like you are overblowing what other ppl have said ha.
most mobiles are still very much your gatcha style of gaming.
the games u listed, absolutely, but that wasnt even my comment. mobile games, if they are not on anything else, sucks. so to have them on a handheld with buttons or on a console to, would be a win for me
I'm going to say this and ether A: I'm crazy or B: I'm crazy, but do any of you remember when Sony years back had the Xperia Play. Touched one never got it myself. If Sony is looking for a handheld (Look at Apple with the games it can run on there own devices) I wonder if maybe, just maybe they try to make a play for the Phone space again. Just my 2 cents, well with inflations I guess my 2 dimes.
Make an Xperia Play 2 that actually has functionality with the PS5 and I might bite! Loved the Xperia Play, showing off Crash Bandicoot on it was great but that's the only game I had for it.
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One of which is the fact there is only one non-game app.
It sure would help if they mentioned the games on the US blog. The only way to know if anything new is up is to check it yourself. Why can't they make a post on the US blog at least? That shouldn't be too hard.
Sony has too much on their plate at times, so ideas like this get shafted. How to fix it:
-Advertise it. I honestly wouldn't know it existed if I didn't have a Vita.
-Make it accessible. I have an Xperia Play, and I still don't know how the hell to get the app on my phone....
-Get more mainstream support. Netflix, facebook, etc... all listed on the Vita store SHOULD be in the PSM area.... I mean the store has one app so far....
-Get trophies, and support it like PSN titles. Otherwise it falls into the PSP Mini's hole.
-Push it on your own products! Similar to Amazon Kindle!
Honestly at this point they have two routes to take.
1 They go like Amazon, see the idea become a success, and compete as an app store.
2 They follow Zune. Never get support, never get apps, then abandon ship and bring out a new product with a "better idea." Honestly I stopped my interest in Windows phone because of that, I'll do the same here....
Sony has an app store?
It's odd, because one of the best games I've played on Vita game from PSM. Life of Pixel is awesome.
However, the whole service is just not featured enough. I would put the new content in the PS Vita store front same as other new content, just tag it with a "PSM" icon.
I think they also need to open the service to more Android devices to get maximum users. Samsung Galaxy S3 and S4 and HTC One and One X and whatever else all need to have it too.
I also think it should be pushed through PS3 as well and let people know they can use these titles on their PS Certified smart phone.
Fantastic idea but, again, why would a developer publish on it instead of Google Play or iTunes? I really believe in PSM but as soon as it was announced, I knew it would go the way of minis.