PlayStation is clear: they want to create more games as a service on PS5 and outside of it

Games as a service on PS5 Games as a service have established themselves as one of the fastest growing segments for companies. We are talking about these multiplayer titles that continually evolve with new content and seasons. Although PlayStation is known right now for its exclusive games for one player, the success of these games, and of their own titles such as MLB The Show 21, has made them look to create more games as a service as part of their exclusive catalog. And not only for PlayStation 5, but also for other platforms outside of consoles, iOS, Android, or possibly PC. But let’s go in parts.

As part of its latest strategy report, the Tokyo company mentions the growth vectors they seek to exploit in the future. That is the land where there is potential to grow as a brand. On the one hand, there are computer games, from where we learned that PlayStation plans to publish Uncharted 4 on PC. On the other hand, there are games as a service. In this field, the brand highlights the performance of MLB The Show 21, where they point out that it has been the sports game “with the highest user spending in the United States” of the entire PS Store since its premiere until now.

Not only that, today we learned that it was the best-selling game of April in the US. Well, with data as positive as these, PlayStation adds that they want to “develop more experiences guided by the services as part of our first-party catalog, “and not only that: they also plan to “publish them both on and off the consoles .” Regarding the latter, the president of PlayStation, Jim Ryan, has confirmed that the brand has plans to expand its exclusive sagas to mobile games.

GaaS will complement your traditional storytelling games, says Jim Ryan and. In view of this document, it seems that the company seeks to create games as a service for both PS5 and iOS and Android. That doesn’t mean that Sony is forgetting about the single-player games that have been so successful so far. In statements shared by VGC, Ryan explains that “We intend to build on our growing experience and ambitions in the gaming arena as a service to complement our continued strength in narrative games that PlayStation fans love and love.”

A good example of this joint strategy is that PlayStation currently has more than 25 exclusive games in development for PS5, and these projects range from the next God of War, a traditional singleplayer proposal, to a new exclusive multiplayer game from Firewalk Studios, a team formed by Destiny and BioShock veterans. In fact, this week, we have witnessed new gameplay of Horizon: Forbidden West, another one of the titles for a player that the company prepares. With ambitious plans for the future, the PlayStation report also points out that PS5 will be profitable from June.

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