Sony's move to court indie developers in the last couple of years is the product of "survival instinct", with the Japanese giant having to fight back from behind in the run up to PS4's debut.

That's according to former Sony man Kim Nordstrom, who – during an interview with PocketGamer.biz – seemingly looked to balance out recent praise for Sony's drive on developers.

"PlayStation did excellent moves in inviting the indie community, but that was survival instinct more than anything," detailed Nordstrom, who is now head of King's studio in Malmö, Sweden.

"When you get that opportunity and it's not so expensive and painful to submit something any more, more people will do it."

Feel the power

Nordstrom's comments formed part of a wider look at mobile development in the neighbouring cities of Malmö and Copenhagen, with the former Sony man noting he was "proud" to have been part of the PlayStation family in the past.

"The big console makers are feeling the power of the mobile industry," he concluded.

"You can see the increase in hardware installs on tablets and phones. It would be foolish to not open up their closed platforms or they will lose."

You can read Nordstrom's take on mobile development in Malmö in full here.