I said it would have been pretty hard for Nintendo to do any worse than the Wii U. What's so hard to understand? The marketing and messaging were shite for Wii U. Also launching against PS4 and Xbox One made it worse.
I dunno about that, but I could see a "PS4 Portable" type thing in the future after the home box has moved on to whatever they end up calling the PS5. Since we're not doing "generations" anymore and all. Every game could essentially come with a portable version.
That's even worse then.
Sorry, I didn't mean it didn't have an impact on the industry. I just meant more of what titles went where. But now I understand your original comment better.
Well ms was already working towards that for a decade.
Only way Sony goes portable again is if they actually make a hybrid. I think supporting 2 devices is out of the question at this point for PlayStation or anyone for that matter. But I do agree with your prediction, I just believe Sony and MS will wait and see how a more capable version of the Switch does before they consider it. In creating the Switch, I think Nintendo has made a barrier of entry for anyone who wants to compete directly with it. Sony and MS will most likely have to give up making stationary consoles and go the hybrid route. Making a Vita 2 or Mini Xbox that compliment the main console will be a waste of money.
Unfortunately, I think Sony and Microsoft have boxed themselves in to the Super-Ultra-HDR-4K-Bleeding-Tech market that there's no way they can make a hybrid any time soon. Short of a miracle breakthrough in mobile tech, any hybrid they can develop will have inferior specs than their current systems, and their fanbases will turn on them as a result. Nintendo can get away with it only because they dropped out of the technology arms race a decade ago; Sony and Microsoft, in contrast, have been so gung-ho to win the battle for the living room that they're now unable to get out of it without a lot of backlash.
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Hybrids aren't a given if the approach continues to require making 2 versions of each game like on the Switch - with legacy devices in the same ecosystem(at least for MS, likely Sony as well) and pro iterations multiplying that count, that just isn't a sustainable approach long term.
As much as I want a new portable PS console, I don't think it's the way that the Switch sells that will make them release such a product. To me, we will only see one such console if Sony envisions a product that brings value to players and can feature compelling content without relying on watered-down versions of their franchises. The one thing they could "learn" from the Switch is that there is value in a shared library between console and handheld, IMO.
I don't think they need to make a hybrid machine, simply make a handheld that can play the same games, albeit adjusted to the handheld's specs. They don't need to have a portable 4K machine necessarily, IMO.
I dont think so, consoles still vastly outsell switch, and the industry is moving towards rich online services with potential for experiences with recurring revenue delivered to your living room, thats a major, lucrative part of the pie they'll continue to prioritise.
I'm not saying it should feature downports, I'm saying it should have the same library. Like, come the time the next PS console is unveiled, it is launched in both console and handheld flavors, but the library is the same (with BC, too, maybe the portable one can have BC for Vita and PSP games). I mean, I don't know if it would be wise to launch a PS5 alongside a PS5 Portable, but I would sure enjoy it and it looks to me as the logical next step for cross-buy content.
