Sony cancels Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble after one year of soft launch
Published 9 Nov 2026 · Games Atlas Editorial · Game Cancellation · Companies: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Insomniac Games, Aniplex
Games Atlas summary: PlayStation ended development of Ratchet & Clank: Ranger Rumble before any global launch. The game earned an estimated $62,000 from 391,000 downloads in a year. MLB The Show Mobile is now PlayStation's only major mobile release. Sony's mobile revenue still comes almost entirely from Sony Music's Aniplex, outside PlayStation.
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Soft-launch numbers never justified a global release
- Ranger Rumble soft launched in November 2025 in the Philippines and Indonesia.
- It later expanded to Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France, Canada and the UK.
- Global pre-registration opened in July, but worldwide launch never followed.
- AppMagic estimates $62,000 in revenue from 391,000 downloads.
- That implies roughly $0.16 per download, a weak monetization signal for an F2P hero shooter.
Flagship IP and an experienced partner did not lift performance
- Oh BiBi, maker of Frag Pro Shooter, co-developed the game with Insomniac.
- Pairing a proven mobile shooter studio with console IP still produced minimal revenue.
- In-app purchases are already removed, and the Super Pass is now free.
- Store delisting follows on November 21, with servers closing May 1, 2027.
PlayStation's mobile targets keep shrinking
- In 2022, Sony targeted mobile at 20% of first-party releases by March 2026.
- Savage Game Studios, acquired that year, closed in October 2024 as Neon Koi with 38 layoffs.
- Earlier this year, about 50 jobs were cut, including at PlayStation Studios Mobile.
- MLB The Show Mobile has grossed an estimated $2.3m from 1.9m downloads.
- Sony's mobile apps overall grossed $4.9bn, 88% from Japan, led by Aniplex titles.
What this means
- For Publishers & Developers: Cap soft-launch runways at six months when revenue per download stays near zero.
- For Investors & VC: Discount console-IP premiums in mobile shooter pitches until soft-launch payer data proves conversion.
- For Service Vendors: Deprioritize console platform holders' mobile divisions in co-dev outreach pipelines this cycle.