REUTERS: PlayStation eyes new investment for PC, mobile push!

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TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Sony Group Corp's (6758.T) gaming business is looking at fresh investment to bolster its push into PC and mobile, a senior executive said, as the PlayStation 5 maker competes for talent with deep-pocketed rivals and as industry dealmaking heats up.

"Further investments in areas that will strengthen the expansion on to PC, on to mobile and into live services, that's definitely a possibility for us," Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, told Reuters in an interview without providing further detail.

Heman Hulst also talked about Sony’s investment into From Software:

"You should think of collaborations on the game development side first and foremost, but it's also not unthinkable with our PlayStation Productions efforts that we explore opportunities," Hulst said of the FromSoftware investment.

PlayStation eyes new investment for PC, mobile push

Sony Group Corp's gaming business is looking at fresh investment to bolster its push into PC and mobile, a senior executive said, as the PlayStation 5 maker competes for talent with deep-pocketed rivals and as industry dealmaking heats up.

www.reuters.com

 

[Sleepy Brown]

"You should think of collaborations on the game development side first and foremost, but it's also not unthinkable with our PlayStation Productions efforts that we explore opportunities," Hulst said of the FromSoftware investment.

This is smart.
Sony can't convince From Software to make another game with them. Even the 14% stake won't help. But they can get some support for a Bloodborne movie.

 

[Umar]

How about you reveal some new games for Ps5 instead of talking about pc and mobile again? Getting tired of hearing nothing but gaas gaas pc pc mobile mobile from them

 

[Bernd Lauert]

The future is multiplatform, old man.

 

[Gediminas]

do they forgot that they are in console business? wtf is happening? Hulst and Jimbo, the more time goes, the more looks they are absolutely out of touch.

 

[Papacheeks]

This is smart.
Sony can't convince From Software to make another game with them. Even the 14% stake won't help. But they can get some support for a Bloodborne movie.

Or an anime. They do own Crunchyroll which uses all rights for Funimation shows/Movies.

 

[Killer_Sakoman]

Sony is on top without competition. Their only challenge is to figure out how to get the rest of people's money.
Sony strategy now is how poor Jim Sterlingina describes it " we don't want to make money , we want all of the money in the world"

 

[PropellerEar]

The future is multiplatform, old man.

But not cloud streaming

 

[IntentionalPun]

Sony has tons of PS5 games in development.

Full on games take more time than ever to make, and any game releasing in the next couple of years had COVID delays, just like the games that got delayed coming out right after COVID lockdowns.

Why are people so anxious to hear "announcements" for games, that won't make those games come out any sooner?

Sony released GT7, HFW, and will release God of War all in the same year and people are whining about PS5 games...

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

This is smart.
Sony can't convince From Software to make another game with them. Even the 14% stake won't help. But they can get some support for a Bloodborne movie.

How do you even infer that from the quote? Man, we gotta get you on the Olympics team for gymnastics, you're a pro!

Sony has tons of PS5 games in development.

Full on games take more time than ever to make, and any game releasing in the next couple of years had COVID delays, just like the games that got delayed coming out right after COVID lockdowns.

Why are people so anxious to hear "announcements" for games, that won't make those games come out any sooner?

Sony released GT7, HFW, and will release God of War all in the same year and people are whining about PS5 games...

Well, when you're in a sense an investor into the brand, putting your own money in...don't customers deserve the same level of transparency and consideration as shareholders? I don't understand why when you put $500+ into a new console, you shouldn't be able to ask for a roadmap pertaining to that console.

Compared to the information usually required for shareholders, that isn't asking for much IMO. Regarding PS in particular; they've already set a precedent for three years now for either a PS Experience (December, like in 2019) or a PS Showcase (June 2020, September 2020, September 2021). We're in October now for 2022 and no official word of a Showcase.

If you're a "soft" investor/shareholder, essentially, having bought a PS5 (or if you're planning to buy one), I think it's totally fair to ask where the planned Showcase is, where maybe some gameplay earlier-revealed games like Spiderman 2 or that Capcom space game are at. Now you can say updates on that stuff have been held back due to lack of console supply earlier, or because Sony didn't want to overshadow HFW, GT7 and GOW Ragnarok (tho this particular one I find kind of silly). But if that's been the case, a little more transparency on that note would've been nice.

I mean at the end of the day, it's not a huge deal at the slightest, but I think it shows a spot in the overall communication chain that can be patched up to be better, IMO.

Or an anime. They do own Crunchyroll which uses all rights for Funimation shows/Movies.

I can definitely see them doing that. However I just don't get Sleepy's idea that they are mutually exclusive; Sony and FromSoft can do both. No reason to infer they can't work on another game together from that quote, just because he's focused on talking about transmedia opportunities at that specific point.

 

[IntentionalPun]

This is smart.
Sony can't convince From Software to make another game with them. Even the 14% stake won't help. But they can get some support for a Bloodborne movie.

It's literally suggesting they would explore the idea of a FromSoftware PS exclusive...

But you are right in that buying a stake isn't some key to getting exclusives. It's their relationship that is strong that can produce those, but Sony has no say in what From does, Sony is just in a position where helping FromSoft is in their best interest (increase the value of their shares.)

 

[Kokoloko]

Mobile I dont care about. Let them make money from Mobile
Releasing games on PC kinda effects the Playstation Platform

 

[Kokoloko]

Sony has tons of PS5 games in development.

Full on games take more time than ever to make, and any game releasing in the next couple of years had COVID delays, just like the games that got delayed coming out right after COVID lockdowns.

Why are people so anxious to hear "announcements" for games, that won't make those games come out any sooner?

Sony released GT7, HFW, and will release God of War all in the same year and people are whining about PS5 games...

Im just use to knowing what games are coming to Playstation/ Nintendo etc. We’ve always known gaming from a 2-3 years out, last gne they did this and the gens before that.
We knew about Ragnarok, GT7, Horizon back in 2020. We knew about TLOU2, Uncharted 4, Horizon, Death Stranding and Spiderman at least a couple years before they came out. Builts hype, people will buy consoles more knowing more games are coming and what kind of games etc

After God of War we have no release dates for 1st party games outside of Spiderman 2.