PlayStation continually looks for opportunities to use its old franchises

December 30 (Portaltic/EP) –

Sony is committed to a varied catalog, with the capacity to host live service games and first-person story mode, with opportunities to take advantage of classic PlayStation franchises with the appearance of new ones.

Sony has just celebrated the 30th anniversary of the launch in Japan of the first PlayStation console, which popularized CD video games, three-dimensional graphics and external memories to save games in homes.

But it continues to look to the future with the recent launch of its most powerful console to date, PlayStation 5 Pro, and with the development of games that seek to expand the catalog.

Currently, PS Studios is focused, at least on Ghost of Yotei and Deatch Stranding 2: in the Beach, the two titles that the executive director of the Sony Interactive Entertainment Studio business group, Herman Hulst, has referred to in an interview with Famitsu, granted on the occasion of the anniversary.

Hulst has confirmed that they will continue to focus on live service games, such as Helldrivers 2, which “has attracted many players through the continuous supply of content and has produced results that support the potential” of this genre.

Also in story-oriented single-player titles, and in promoting mobile games. They will do the latter with the help of external development studios, as part of a strategy they launched a couple of years ago and in which they already mention games like Destiny: Rising, from NetEase Games.

“It is important to have a wide variety of games in the portfolio that can be enjoyed by players from all walks of life. To give PlayStation players new joys and experiences, we constantly review our portfolio and consider expanding in-demand genres and introducing new ones. types of games,” Hulst said.

One of the most recent is Astro Bot, which “captures the 30 years of history of the PlayStation brand” and has been recognized as Best Game of the Year at the Game Awards 2024. The characters that appear in this platform title for PS5 have led many players to call for the return of popular franchises from this label.

“The numerous IPs we own are important assets for PlayStation and, as part of our efforts to strengthen our portfolio, we continually look for opportunities to leverage previous IPs and develop new franchises,” the manager said.