San Diego Studio’s job posting appears to indicate that MLB The Show may one day be available on mobile devices. MLB The Show 2022, Sony’s yearly baseball sim, has had quite a week since its release on Monday. Aside from gameplay demonstrations and announcing the cover star of the game, the publisher also revealed the release dates for PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox consoles. When the MLB announced in late 2019 that Sony will begin releasing MLB The Show on additional systems, it was a significant moment in the game’s development.
In early 2021, with the release of MLB The Show 21 for Xbox systems and Xbox Game Pass, this announcement finally came to fruition. As indicated by a recent slate of PS4 exclusives making their way to PC, it should come as no surprise that Playstation has turned its focus to the mobile sector. San Diego Studio’s official Twitter account tweeted a link to a new job ad for the MLB The Show team, which was found by Push Square.
The studio is looking for a Mobile Graphics Expert with a few years of expertise that would fit in well with the Senior Engineering team. Greenhouse Boards’ Senior Mobile Programmer position says that the San Diego-based organisation is especially in need of help establishing a “mobile codebase and tools.” Baseball fanatics are encouraged to apply, which suggests that MLB The Show may one day be available on mobile devices. Since then, Sony’s mobile-focused strategy has been made clear in another job posting: Sony’s Head of Mobile at Sony.
There was a rumour floating around that this position will play a key role in the launch of a new PlayStation Studios division. Shortly after that, SIE President and CEO Jim Ryan suggested that SIE will soon be expanding into the mobile market. MLB The Show might be just one of several PlayStation-branded series to be ported to Android and iOS in the future. PlayStation Mobile Inc.’s 2016 release of Uncharted Fortune Hunter for Android and iOS is a notable example of Sony’s prior forays into mobile gaming.
Other successful mobile publishing projects include Run Sackboy! Run!, developed by the mobile publishing division. When you consider how well Call of Duty: Mobile and PUBG Mobile have done, it’s logical to believe Sony is driven to strike while the iron is hot as well.