Sony joins Nintendo in knocking mobile gaming

Speaking in an interview with CasualGaming.biz sister site MCV to be published tomorrow, Maguire also says Sony is actively targeting the kinds of 'snacking' games that are prevalent in mobile.

Asked if Sony is feeling any pressure from iPhone, he said: "The mobile phone market for games has been around for a number of years, but the overall quality – despite some strong titles there – has been limited because of the different handsets and infrastructure in that business.

"The iPhone has the advantage of being a single device and is growing a reasonable installed base, but it doesn't have the production power that a PSP has. As a specific games machine, the PSP is always going to win out.

"We're in a great position to take on the interest in these snacking games and produce them at better quality, lower prices, with lower cost of development – that's a great business model."

Maguire's views echo those aired by his counterpart at Nintendo, David Yarnton.