Imagining what a PlayStation Switch competitor would be like

[CaitSeith]

I thought it was called PS Vita.

 

[themistermanguy]

I thought it was called PS Vita.

PS Vita was a pure handheld that tried to be like a phone at a time when everybody was moving away from such devices. The reason the Switch is successful is that it's able to distinguish itself from the legions of Smartphones and tablets with it's unique hardware. It's not a handheld with quasi-home console games like the Vita was, it's a literal Home Console you can take with you, complete with detachable controllers that you can share with a friend for multiplayer anywhere. Sony's potential product, would be the same premise, but a bit more powerful with a more robust online, and some other differences/improvements.

 

[Yoshi178]

I thought it was called PS Vita.

PS Vita was a pure handheld that tried to be like a phone

not really.

the only handheld gaming console that's really tried to be like a phone was the Nokia N-Gage.

The PSP was literally just meant to be a portable Playstation 2, and the PS Vita was meant to be an improved, or in other words, a "next gen" PSP.

 

[Chewster]

As a companion device, players can use it as a remote play device from any location.

The Vita literally does this already, bru.

 

[Yoshi178]

As a companion device, players can use it as a remote play device from any location.

The Vita literally does this already, bru.

only if you spend money on getting yourself 2 completely separate device's.

1 being the PS Vita, the 2nd being a PS4.

can't use that feature unless you own a PS4 too.

 

[Chewster]

As a companion device, players can use it as a remote play device from any location.

The Vita literally does this already, bru.

only if you spend money on getting yourself 2 completely separate device's.

1 being the PS Vita, the 2nd being a PS4.

can't use that feature unless you own a PS4 too.

Uhh, obviously? Where did anyone say otherwise?

Like, the part I'm quoting literally says "As a companion device..."

 

[Yoshi178]

As a companion device, players can use it as a remote play device from any location.

The Vita literally does this already, bru.

only if you spend money on getting yourself 2 completely separate device's.

1 being the PS Vita, the 2nd being a PS4.

can't use that feature unless you own a PS4 too.

Uhh, obviously? Where did anyone say otherwise?

Like, the part I'm quoting literally says "As a companion device..."

ok. but a Playstation "switch" console should only be 1 device. you shouldn't have to buy 2 device's

making a hybrid device will always better than a "companion" device.

 

[Chewster]

snip!

Then A) reply to the guy I'm quoting and B) A hybrid device is not necessarily better because it really depends on your audience. It works well enough for Nintendo because they make niche games that don't require massive hardware for graphics and Nintendo fans are generally OK with that. PS4 players are usually, at least in my experience, people who want to play PC games but don't want to headaches that come along with PC gaming.

I dunno if we can pack the equivalent of all that into a handheld quite yet. Maybe in a few years, though by then, hardware will have moved on anyway. Honestly, it doesn't seem like Sony cares that much about mobile gaming anyhow.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

Something like a Vita+? I imagine with better built in 6-axis and somehow worse marketing support than its predecessor.

 

[Mothro]

Nintendo dropped the ball in a huge way by not launching Switch with a virtual console or streaming service accessibility, and openly declaring they have no plans to bring virtual console to it. Sony, if they were market-savvy (they're really not), would be attacking that weakness and revising their regressive-as-fuck online and digital distribution business model.

I don't get this obsession with the VC name. You're still going to get your classic games, you're just going to get them differently. So it's not a big deal like some keep saying. As for streaming services, those will come in the future.

Nintendo moved away from the VC branding for a reason. I would say it's because there are expectations of moving VC games from the Wii U to the Switch. So if Nintendo has a reason to avoid the branding, consumers have a reason to want to keep it.


Oh BTW, you don't know which classic games we are going to get, we are back to the slow drip.

 

[Yoshi178]

Nintendo moved away from the VC branding for a reason. I would say it's because there are expectations of moving VC games from the Wii U to the Switch. So if Nintendo has a reason to avoid the branding, consumers have a reason to want to keep it.

I'm pretty sure the reason Nintendo has moved away from the VC branding is because Nintendo wants to offer all their old games as incentive for people to sign up to their online service. they're starting off with NES games and they'll probably start offering SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy color and N64 games as well over the next few years.

they probably will drip feed them all to us though which is pretty annoying.