PUBG Cellular has secured a partnership with Sony’s Xperia smartphone model, making Xperia units the official telephone of PUBG Cellular. What does this imply for gamers of the sport? Nicely, not a lot when it comes to your on a regular basis participant. However it does have some advantages for professional gamers.
The Sony partnership will see professional groups acquire “state-of-the-art” Xperia units to be used throughout competitions. It’s not clear if professional staff gamers might be given these telephones solely throughout the competitors. However on the very least, the partnership ensures that they are going to be utilizing Xperia units throughout matches.
It additionally helps be sure that all professional staff gamers are utilizing the very same machine. Which roughly eliminates any components of machine benefit from one staff to a different. Although that isn’t essentially the aim behind the partnership. Only a easy aspect impact.
Xperia is the official PUBG Cellular companion for international tournaments in 2022
In line with the announcement Sony Xperia is the official companion for international tournaments. It additionally states the partnership is for tournaments in 2022. This implies it doesn’t lengthen to each single official match on the market. And that PUBG Cellular might have a brand new machine companion for 2023 and past.
There are two international tournaments in 2022 the place the Sony Xperia partnership takes impact. This contains the 2022 PUBG Cellular World Championship and a mid-year match. Krafton hasn’t introduced any particulars but on the mid-year match however does state it is going to share particulars quickly.
Why Sony?
In line with PUBG Cellular’s World Esports Director James Yang, Sony simply felt just like the “pure and assured” alternative. Yang says the participant expertise is at all times a prime precedence for PUBG Mobile Esports. And Sony Xperia units match this invoice. Permitting gamers to showcase “even stronger efficiency” throughout competitions.
Sony might not have a hand within the “gaming telephone” market, nevertheless it does have a protracted historical past in gaming generally. And regardless of manufacturers like ASUS, RedMagic, and BlackShark being extra well-known for cellular gaming, Sony’s flagship Xperia units nonetheless come full of essentially the most highly effective cellular {hardware}. So the partnership actually does make sense if you concentrate on it.
