PlayStation Mobile

This article is about the gaming software framework. For the PlayStation Network focused mobile application for iOS and Android, see PlayStation App. For the phone, see Xperia Play.
PlayStation Mobile
Developer(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Initial releaseOctober 3, 2012
Final release
2.01 / 2015
Operating systemAndroid (version 1.xx only), PlayStation Vita, PlayStation TV
Websitewww.playstation.com/psm

PlayStation Mobile was a software framework used to provide downloadable PlayStation content for select "Certified" mobile devices. This includes devices that both run Android 2.3 and met specific hardware requirements, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation TV. It was active from 2012 to 2015.

It was originally announced in 2011 as PlayStation Suite.[1] It was based on the Mono platform.[2] An open beta was released in April 2012 before it officially launched in most regions of the world on October 3, 2012.[3][4] In May 2013, Sony announced that the publisher license fee would be waived[5] in an attempt to entice more developers to create games for the service. In August 2014 with version 2.00, Sony annoucned that it will deprecate support for Android and only target PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV.[6] It was announced in 2015 that PlayStation Mobile will be shutting down entirely. The service never gained traction despite availability on a range of handsets by many manufacturers.[7] The storefront was closed in July 2015, with the service completely shutting down on September 10, 2015.[8]

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  8. ^ "PlayStation Mobile Will Power Down on July 15th". Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-11.