Sony CEO: Bungie Acquisition is a 'Major Step Forward in Becoming More Multiplatform' - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 May 2022 / 2,422 Views

Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida speaking during a corporate strategy meeting on Wednesday said the Bungie acquisition will help them in becoming more multiplatform.

"We believe it will be a catalyst to enhance our live game services capabilities," said Yoshida speaking on the Bungie acquisition via VideoGamesChronicle. "Our acquisition of Bungie also represents a major step forward in becoming more multiplatform."

Sony Interactive Entertainment in January of this year announced it is acquiring Bungie, the developer of Destiny, in a deal worth $3.6 billion.

PlayStation has been looking to expand outside its PlayStation consoles with the release of a handful of titles on PC, as well as growing its presence on mobile.

Sony CEO: Bungie Acquisition is a 'Major Step Forward in Becoming More Multiplatform'

Sony Interactive Entertainment is also looking to expand into the mobile market as last year it hired Nicola Sebastiani, the former Head of Content at Apple Arcade, as the Vice President Head of Mobile at PlayStation Studios.

Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan previously stated the company has been experimenting with mobile games as it is an area they can reach "millions of gamers" outside of the PlayStation ecosystem.

"The content developed by PlayStation Studios these past 25 years has created a wealth of IP and provided PlayStation with immersive experiences that evoke emotions and bring players on a journey," Ryan said at the time.

"We have been thinking about how players enjoy our content and have had some early success with experimenting with mobile games and apps to provide more choice to gamers. Mobile is just one of the areas we are exploring to reach millions of gamers beyond our platforms."

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

9 Comments

G2ThaUNiT (on 18 May 2022)

Sony and Microsoft are embracing Console, PC, and mobile whereas Nintendo will probably never embrace PC and actually seem to be starting to distance themselves from mobile since they've shutdown 3 of their mobile games already.

I never thought I'd see Sony take a stance like this, but I welcome it!

DialgaMarine G2ThaUNiT (on 19 May 2022)

I’m all for it with Sony’s future live service games. The more ceiling they allow for those games to be successful, the more likely they will flourish. Sony is in desperate need of some strong online games right now.

2zosteven (on 18 May 2022)

is this because one day consoles will be obsolete? all games on pc and cloud?

Imaginedvl 2zosteven (on 18 May 2022)

I don't think it is about that. It is about content, content is becoming more and more important, and where the money comes from not the boxes. Consoles are here to stay... As sales show, the market is getting even bigger. That "console" doom's day is not going to happen anytime soon :)

If you look at the current market share, Sony is ahead but as Microsoft is now becoming relevant again after the last generation (and Valve, etc...) being able to reach that "other" side of the market is the way to the future and growth. Sony NEEDS to go through that to be able to sustain more growth.

This is good from Sony and actually, this makes even more sense now to let Bungie be multiplatform and be their first real attempt to become truly multiplatform (at least on Play Station and PC, don't think it makes sense to have their games on Xbox obviously, that would be dumb :))

And then of course, let's not forget the mobile area.