Cocos & PS4: Sharing mobile games with your family to realize the dream of next-generation consoles

On December 11, Sony officially held a press conference in Shanghai with the theme of "Everything for Players", announcing the official launch of its PlayStation business for the Chinese market. It also plans to provide PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and game software products to the Chinese market in early 2015, instantly attracting the attention of countless loyal fans and industry media.

Chen Haozhi, CEO of Touch Technology

As a leader in the mobile development world and an important partner, Chukong Technology CEO Chen Haozhi was invited to attend the event. In his speech, he first announced the future Cocos 2d-x engine's full support plan for PS4, and revealed that the popular casual game "Fishing Master 3" will be the first to land on the PS4 platform, bringing players amazing family-style leisure and entertainment experience.

Chen Haozhi, CEO of Touch Technology

According to Chukong CEO Chen Haozhi, about 70% of the games in the Chinese market are currently developed based on the Cocos 2d-x engine, including 80% of the top-earning games. This means that the cooperation plan between Cocos and PS4 will enable more than half of the existing mobile games to be ported to the PS4 platform after simple modifications, which is bound to trigger a wave of enthusiasm in the industry again. Developers, hardcore players, and many partners in the game ecosystem can benefit from it, which can be said to be a win-win move.

Sony console sales in China can be traced back to January 2004: the immature Chinese market at that time made PS2 leave players with endless regrets. Ten years later, with the purpose of "everything for players", Sony made a beautiful comeback with the PlayStation 4 next-generation home game console and PlayStation Vita handheld game console, which will surely ignite the passion of Chinese players for console games again.

Chen Haozhi, CEO of Touch Technology

As the open source mobile game engine with the largest global market share, Cocos 2d-x will work hand in hand with Sony to create a more efficient game development environment for game developers and usher in the "golden age" of console game development in China.

Sony's head in China, Taketo Soeda, said that as a Chinese game manufacturer, he believes that making the Chinese game market bigger and stronger must be the common ideal of every game manufacturer. Sony's market positioning is high-quality service, and they will launch more high-quality game products.

The most influential game "Fishing Master 3" under Touch will be ported to Sony PS4 based on Cocos 2d-x 3.x, which will undoubtedly bring great surprises and entertainment experience to the majority of players - soon, players can swim in the seabed with their families in the living room and share unlimited "fishing" fun.

Fishing Master 3

"Fishing Master 3" is the flagship product of Touch Technology. It continues the gameplay of the fishing series that combines fun and casual style, and introduces the 3D engine Cocos 2d-x 3.x, breaking through the limitations of the game on the screen. The exquisite and cool 3D special effects and smooth operation bring players a realistic and rich deep-sea fishing experience.

However, players' appetites will never be satisfied. "Watch Dogs", "Infamous: Second Son", "DriveClub", "Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes"... the luxurious lineup of PS4 blockbusters is certainly highly anticipated, but players are also always looking forward to excellent new console games that will surprise people.

The cooperation between Cocos and Sony will provide developers with comprehensive support to overcome the discerning eyes of players: in order to further help developers improve the development efficiency for the PlayStation platform, Chukong will also carry out in-depth cooperation with Sony at the engine level to help developers enter the console game market and create more and better works.

Sony PS4 has officially entered the Chinese market, and the Chinese console game market is undergoing earth-shaking changes. The Cocos engine team will continue to optimize and upgrade, provide developers with efficient and stable tools and technical support, and open the door to their dreams. A feast of console games is about to begin, and Cocos will help Chinese game developers go further and reach the other side of their dreams.