"Almost daily"
Just yesterday or today (whenever the Sony head honcho report came out)
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What if Sony and MS adopted the Switch Hybrid model??
- Thread starter Nolbertos
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Just yesterday or today (whenever the Sony head honcho report came out)
Let's say hypothetically both the Xbox Two and the PS5 are just Hybrids in the style of the Switch then.
Either we'd be looking at massive, expensive machines more akin to a gaming laptop, or we'd be going into a generation where we'd be getting new machines with less power than the XOX.
Either way would suck to some degree, and I particularly don't see the former approach selling at all well enough to justify it, so we'd likely be looking at a whole new generation of machines that wouldn't be raising the baseline for game development beyond what we already have now, and make all those expensive 4K TVs people bought redundant.
Still, I'd be happy. Bloody love handhelds and don't much care about graphics. Would suck for PC gamers and graphics fetishists though, and we'd likely not get that CPU baseline leap we so desperately need.
Either we'd be looking at massive, expensive machines more akin to a gaming laptop, or we'd be going into a generation where we'd be getting new machines with less power than the XOX.
Either way would suck to some degree, and I particularly don't see the former approach selling at all well enough to justify it, so we'd likely be looking at a whole new generation of machines that wouldn't be raising the baseline for game development beyond what we already have now, and make all those expensive 4K TVs people bought redundant.
Still, I'd be happy. Bloody love handhelds and don't much care about graphics. Would suck for PC gamers and graphics fetishists though, and we'd likely not get that CPU baseline leap we so desperately need.
I wonder if people do it cause they realistically want S and M to make on the go version of their consoles or cause people want em to join and strengthen the market for Nintendo.
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When people Say if PS/XB can take the path of hte switch but more powerful
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When people Say if PS/XB can take the path of hte switch but more powerful
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...he said without a touch of irony, while clutching his DualShock ever tighter...
You can't remotely compare the Surface to a console.
The point is that some people would like a handheld with Sony games and a stronger 3rd party support.
Maybe, maybe MS would make xbox one games work on windows 10 one day.
But thats the closest to a portable from sony and MS we will get.
Sony wont do it because
But thats the closest to a portable from sony and MS we will get.
Sony wont do it because
- If PS5 was PS5bred and was like the switch it would be to much of a deviation from the PlayStation brand and be weaker then the PS4.
- Sony will not do a vita 2 which is a hybrid because they would be worried it would detract from there home consoles.
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Awful idea, I don't care for handheld gaming, don't want a console compromising power, don't want to pay for items I'll never use (screen, joycons etc).
Nintendo should cater for that crowd, Sony and MS are doing fine with traditional premium gaming. The future is services and robust online features, not portability.
Nintendo should cater for that crowd, Sony and MS are doing fine with traditional premium gaming. The future is services and robust online features, not portability.
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Wii was selling beyond anything released at that point and especially Sonys home console gaming (PS3) was struggling so it made more sense to try to copy the things Wii did. Switch at at the moment is selling like early PS4. Why would Sony change from their successful approach to something different that at best would give them same results as the current approach? Makes no sense.
People are so damn desperate to see Nintendo get ripped-off yet again.
Let them have this man.
The 'big boys' have online locked, VR, 4K... I hope they never tackle portables again just for the sake of diversity.
Let them have this man.
The 'big boys' have online locked, VR, 4K... I hope they never tackle portables again just for the sake of diversity.
I don't think either Sony or MS will do a Switch.
I have a feeling Sony are looking at doing a portable device that may function closer to a Wii U gamepad at home, that one can take with them on the go. Something that can be marketed more like an accessory in the West, but as a portable console in Japan.
I have a feeling Sony are looking at doing a portable device that may function closer to a Wii U gamepad at home, that one can take with them on the go. Something that can be marketed more like an accessory in the West, but as a portable console in Japan.
With three consoles all doing the same thing? No. The gaming world needs variety to thrive. The switch has been successful because its a differentiated offer to the other two boxes that are basically the same outside of exclusives.
I think we're in a good place right now really, with the switch doing its thing, MS having the performance crown with the One X and PS covering (and owning) the middle ground.
He said neither of those things. He mentioned the Vita briefly. That's it. He didn't even say anything meaningful about it.
its 100% more plausible Nintendo releasing a Pro Switch that is a carbon copy PS4 pro/ PS5 and more viable than S and M trying to make a portable console
That's exactly what we need, all three consoles to be hobbled in terms of power for the sake of portability.
Fuck that.
Fuck that.
If anyone ever copies the Switch, they need to make sure it has full Thunderbolt 3 support, not just USB-C. That way instead of release upgraded 'Pro' consoles, they can just keep making more powerful docks. Feel like this was a misstep by Nintendo.
Either way I don't think it'll ever happen.
Either way I don't think it'll ever happen.
all they need is to be present in the mobile arena. theres really no need to converge. for sony a vita 2 will be fine. totally separate from a static console
Sony's first-party devs would be hobbled. Part of the reason why the Switch works is Nintendo first-party devs try to innovate on gameplay as opposed to presentation, which means their games are still successful on an under powered console. Sony devs, by contrast, invest heavily in the presentation, which is obviously much more limited by console power, and even becomes unappealing on a portable. Like who wants to play the next Uncharted on an underpowered tablet?
THIS, for god's sake. Enjoy your Switch, but please please PLEASE stop asking the same question over and over and over again. It won't happen, lots of people couldn't care less about portability and still care very much about good graphics. To each his own