Sony GIVES UP on Retro PlayStation Games?!

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Sony has started licensing some of its dormant intellectual property to third-parties.

While its relationship with Bandai Namco is most notable in the aftermath of this week’s Nintendo Direct, it’s a practice the platform holder has been engaging in for a little longer.

Cast your mind back to 2023’s FantaVision remake, which was developed and published by Cosmo Machia for PS5 and PC, under license from PlayStation. This was the beginning of the strategy.

Earlier this year it handed the rights to Freedom Wars to Bandai Namco so that creator Dimps could remaster it for multiple platforms, and now it’s working with the same publisher to license out the Patapon and Everybody’s Golf brands. All of these games have something in common: they were originally created by Japan Studio, and they’re fan favourites.

With the PlayStation fanbase often lamenting the fact that many of Sony’s oldest franchises are lying dormant, this may be the best path to reviving some of the platform holder’s most beloved series.

For instance, a remaster of the first two Gravity Rush games would likely find an audience across PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC. While you can already play the first two titles on Sony’s system via backwards compatibility, we’re sure consumers would show up for a repackaged version with various improvements.

Tokyo Jungle is another title we see thrown around quite a lot. The PS3 roguelike was a tremendous title, and it performed admirably in its domestic Japan, but its punishing gameplay was a little misunderstood in 2012. We think a re-release would be much better received in this modern era.