You have extraordinarily bad takes on almost every part of this.
The PS Vita was a failure, so the idea that they're now going to turn around and make their entire gaming division go that route while forgoing what made them literally come back from the brink is completely and utterly insane, that's what. Also, the reason the Switch is such a success is because Nintendo had an already carved out piece of the mobile market to start with. That's not the case for playstation.
The VR market is headed wherever it's profitable. Some are going for the standalone form factor. This is not what Sony will do. Last I checked, I'm pretty sure that their machine is the best selling out there, so again, what incentive is there to change that? They can keep PSVR as a cheaper device tied to the horsepower of their main console.
Again, they're not going to leave the mainstream market to Microsoft by not competing with them in the hardware space, and just releasing a "non powerful PS5". The cloud thing is a side business, and not the main selling point that will change the form factor of all their machines going forward. So no, PS Now is not actually a great argument for a non powerful PS5.
"It's always the same, core gamers are adverse to change", but "don't worry, core gamers will support a PS5 hybrid"? This is completely contradictory.
What I mean by "AAA oriented" is that their first party studios are completely geared towards pushing the boundaries in regard to the graphical quality of their games. This has made them a ton of money, and all of the sudden they'll change that? Your previous post was based on the notion that there may be some monetary incentive, in that they might think "a PS5 might sell 80 mil, but a PS5 Switch might sell a ton more". There is literally no factual basis for this idea, and in fact, there is a factual basis for the exact opposite.
I also love how your post is arguing for Sony "going the Switch route", but then steps it all back by saying that it may be a family of devices. Which one is it?
I return the "compliment" when it comes to bad taste. At the end of the day, we're ALL entitled to our opinions.
You keep pointing out at the PS Vita failure as the reason why a
HYBRID PS5 would not work. That comparison make no sense whatsoever !!! So if you want to compare things, don't compare apple ( handheld ) to oranges ( hybrid ).
Yes the PS4 is the best selling system, but the PSVR is NOT mainstream. And the PS4 success did not translate into VR success. One of the reason is that in its current form, VR is not consumer friendly : It's expensive as you need the console and the VR unit ; And it's complicated to use as you have plenty of connections to make. Consumers wants something easy to use out of the box. Sony will head that way : standalone !
If the Cloud thing was a side business. You think Sony would have paid 500 million for Gakai ? You think Microsoft and Google would bother investing billions for a "side business", it seems you don't understand the business ramifications of Cloud. But that's ok.
Yes gamers will support a PS5 hybrid. Only gamers on forums we will say "it's the worst thing ever". But then when it goes on sale, they're the first in the lines. Again it's Ok. If gamers can get a device more porweful than the Pro with entertainment ( movies and music included with PS Now for example ), with all the Switch features for 399$. They'll sign up big time !
The fist party studios of Sony will follow what Sony tells them to do. They are Sony's owned last time I checked. When I see what Santa Monica, Guerilla and Naughty God can do with a simple PS4. I have no worries about what they'll do with a more powerful system than a PS4 pro.
Gamers here live in Wonderland. You ALL want a powerful PS5, but you're not ready to pay the price for it. At some point, Sony need to make a call. When the PS3 was out, nobody showed up. And I'm telling the mainstream is NOT ready to pay 500$ for a PS5.
So - in my humble opinion -
the ultra total unlimited power PS5 won't happen :
- consumers are not ready for high price ( more thab 500$ )
- components prices are very high ( memories, storage, gpu, etc )
- we're reaching the diminishing law of return in graphics.
My final call : the PS5 will be a 5TF hybrid console selling at 399$ and coming in late 2019. But that's just me.