A document from the Apple trial shows that Sony was planning to launch a cloud gaming service on mobile phones.
An Apple document mentioned an "unannounced mobile extension of an existing streaming service for PlayStation users, streaming access to over 450+ PS3 games to start, with PS4 games to follow."
There was never a mobile device expansion. PS Now is still available, but it has never been available for the Mac, and there has never been a version for the iPad.
Apple had begun work on the Apple Arcade gaming service at the time of the discussion of PS Now.
Sony was the first to offer cloud gaming with PS Now. It was launched years before its competitors. In 2015, GEForce NOW followed, but the launch of Stadia and Cloud gaming didn't come until 2020.
It's not clear why Sony never followed through with a mobile version of PS Now, as the software would have launched before Apple introduced strict cloud gaming rules in the App Store. Sony may have decided to focus on console sales instead of taking on Apple, according to The Verge.
PS Now does not have Remote Play for accessing Sony games on various devices, but it does have a PS console. It is not clear if the new cloud gaming service will come to mobile devices. Sony will need to follow in the footsteps of Microsoft and Google, which offered a web-based solution on the iPad.
