It's only that sony tried it with the "move" (microsoft with kinect), to copy the idea of the wii, and i would like if sony would try something other. Hope sony don't do it after seeing the good start of switch, but if there would demand for it, why not

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no i wouldnt but my buddy loves sony would.

It would be cool, but I don't see that happening at all. Sony has given up on making handheld systems, which is a shame because I really like the PS Vita.

They will. I highly expect an announcement at E3 next year and a release window of Fall 2018.

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I personally would.  I have a PS4, and a PS4 Pro already.

Will depend on price and performance. Also, would there be an option for current PS4 owners? If so at what cost?
I feel it's best they just continue to do what they have been doing all gen.
They will probably do a hybrid of sort next gen as they will most likely not make anymore handhelds.

Should they, I dunno. Could they? Yes, but they would have to make sacrifices if they plan to launch it soon.

They would have to use arm and port the PS4 games over.
They would have to downgrade the games to 720p and probably medium settings.
They would probably want to use a larger battery than Switch, which would add to the thickness of the handheld, plus extra cost.
They would either have to use carts, or put a BD optical drive in the dock to transfer games to the handheld (which would require enough mass storage built in to have say 4-8 games on the handheld at all times, increasing the cost of the stock system or due to a necessary memory card purchase do to limited stock storage).

If they waited until 7nm, they could probably use x86, but still play the games at 720p and medium settings, allowing the chip to run between 60% to 85% so its power usage and heat output is low enough.

A PS4 Portable is doable, but the effort to make it happen in the near future, may not be worth it financially. Waiting for 7nm, when PS5 will be getting ready to take the spotlight, would be an odd time to launch a PS4P. Naming it something different, but making it clear that it plays PS4 games and uses PS4 optical discs, would work.

No, it does not. The Switch is a lower clocked nVidia Shield from 2015. The Switch is not even close to a PS4. The Switch uses the same exact chip as the 2015 Shield model, with HALF, yes, you heard me, HALF the clock speed.

That being said, an iPad AIR 2 kills it dead. A freaking 2017 Shield model is superior, although just by a small margin because of firmware upgrades and 4k support.

Do not start with fanboyism saying that the Switch is even close to half the PS4. The Switch is maybe, just maybe, 50% stronger than the Wii U, which surpassed the PS3 for a short amount of power.

So, yeah, It's totally possible for Sony to do a Portable PS4, specially because the new Imagination announced recently Imagination(click) its new GPU which is supposed to be 60% stronger than the 7 generation, which, is more than 400% stronger than the old PSVita(or 40% stronger than the iPad Pro, which already is more than 100% stronger than the original iPad Air), meaning it falls a little short of what a Xb1 can do and its due this year.

Plus, it's the same technology Sony used with the PSVita, meaning it would be amazingly easy to port titles and, of course, develop for.

So, ok, a project with a recently announced GPU may be a little much to push for, however, the point here is, Switch is a lot closer to the Wii U, than it is to the PS4, by a huge margin. It's not close, period. Second point is, it is plausible and possible to make a PS4-on-the-go even TODAY, let alone in the next 2 to 3 years. In 3 years, mobile phones will have the Ps4 graphics, trust me. By 2020, the top model smartphone will rival a PS4 in graphics, a little better or worse, but will rival.

The questions here are: how much would they charge for it? A PSVita price or even a Switch price for a PS4 portable, seems great, and I'd definitely buy one; and how "portable" would it be, with such a big battery? How heavy, enough to make it an issue? How big the screen and how hot would it make at high brightness, enough to warm up your hand badly? These are things the architects better think about, or it (if this ever happens) will surely fail.