you realize that we're years from even getting a portable that could across the board play PS4 games right? maybe in like 2020 or something? the problem is a combination of battery and power. The higher the power of the portable, the bigger the battery would have to be because of how fast it would drain

As it is we're not close to that for a PS4 system. If the PS5 was a true generational leap up? jesus, you probably wouldn't be able to consider seeing a portable of that until like 2030

what you have to realize is that as a whole the technology sector is starting to advance MUCH much slower; i.e. look at the difference between the PS2 and PS3 and then the PS3 and PS4-  the gaps are getting smaller. On the same side of things, technology is not really super speedy lately in terms of architecture and efficent portable batteries. For something like a phone they're managing because it doesn't generally run super meaty programs

bear in mind as it is the Nintendo Switch squeezed in basically the biggest battery it could and still only lasts like 3 hours for something like Zelda. if you open up the system, the battery takes up like more than half of the internals.

I agree with the overall sentiment that Sony will probably attempt another handheld in time- there's too much potential there, especially in the Asian market, to not consider it. But let's stay in realism- if they come out with one in a few years it will be playing PS4 games- nothing will come out that could play potentially a 'PS5' generational leap on a handheld in ages 

Tech is slowing down in general, but more so with chips. Battery tech has been advancing nicely and with companies like Tesla and NiN, pushing battery tech, its only going to keep getting better. Around 2020, we could have much more capable batteries. Ryzen is quite power efficient for its performance. Add that to 7nm and some possibilities really start to open up for x86.

A Jaguar PS4P, or Ryzen PS5P, that has 1.0 Tflop of FP32 performance and plays 1080p at 30fps or 60fps, would be amazing. This could really open up a worthwhile market for PS, considering Switch's struggle with third party.

Imagine a PS4P launching alongside PS5, and having the entire PS4 library to choose from. Even better, a PS5P that has PS4 BC, but will play those new PS5 games also. Nowhere near the same quality as on console of course, but none the less, you can take and play them anywhere.

I can see it. That by no means is an indication that PS will do it. It does make business sense from a service point of view though.

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I don't see how Sony can unify their software given the power gap and I don't see how they can adequately support 2 systems.

If Sony tries to hold back on power to make a home and handheld closer in power then XB and gaming PCs are ready to step in.

How?

Sony will either be dropping a PS4 Premium or a PS5 in 2019 or 2020. The thing is going to at most have a ~12TFLOP GPU, and a CPU capable of running games at 4K/60FPS traditional displays, and 4K/120FPS in VR. 

That kind of power gap and focus will make it very easy to continue to support PS4 for quite a while (3 - 5 more years). There is nothing stopping PS4 from running a game built for PS5 at somewhere beteen 720p & 1080p/30FPS. The same would be true for whatever mobile product PlayStation delivers. If they go as far as to make something Ryzen and Navi based then it will most likely be even more powerful than the base PS4.

With the PlayStation building its API's around scalability, it is going to be very easy for developers in house, and 3rd party to get their games up and running across a wide range of PlayStation hardware. Sony developers will have a very easy time supporting the platforms, because they are only coding for PlayStation, and all PlayStations will be running on the same scaled hardware tech. This is not like PS3 + Vita + PS4 where they had to make and optimize a massively different build for each device. This is one build scaled to each device, with minor optimizations.

Not gonna happen?

Why should it when every smartphone in 2020 will be at least 6+ inches and be able to pair to a controller and run PSnow?

Even those smartphones that cost under $100.

I love how this idea of yours gets more and more nonsensical as time goes on.

Streaming might be OK for turn based games, point n clicks or games that use QTEs to hide latency but there's more chance of a new Playstation portable than 60fps shooters/fighters/sports being streamed successfully.

while porting to a theoretical standerd x86 ps5  or ps4p would be easier than... porting from ps3's cell, it would still require quite a bit of work. I mean, if it was that easy we would hace seen more ps2 games on the vita...

and if you run jaguar... oh boy power consumption. there is a reason the X1 and X2 are the most powerful chips on the market, only matched by apple'd custom A9X for the ipad pro....and the x2 only really squezes an additional 30% or so out of the battery, and is almost the same performance wise. ergo, the switch's performance is similar to that of the ipad pro 1, though the brand spanking new pro 2 kicks the previous generation out of the water and goes into actual mid-low tier laptop performance.

Not sure what part of that is nonsensical? Sony is a mega corperation, trying to expand business and grow profits. The PlayStation ecosystem is their most profitable and largest asset. It only makes sense to continue to build out their portfolio with more PSOS based devices powered by PSN Services and PS Store Products. 

Got to agree with you here. As much as I have loved using PS Now and Remote Play on Vita, the insane amounts of data, and quality of connection required is just not something that is going to be viable at large scale for a long time. If you don't live in a major city with excellent 4G or Wifi coverage these are basically useless outside the home. Additionally, as great as PS Now is at giving Sony an avenue to generate business on additional platforms, nothing comes anywhere close to being as profitable as getting consumers on their own OS and Store.

Why would they though? Last time I checked they're a for profit company. Why would they enter a risky market for nothing?