Handheld consoles may soon go extinct

[fps_d0minat0r]

Lafiel said:

fps_d0minat0r said:

PSP used memory stick pro duo which was made by sony but it was a format which was used by other devices other than the PSP and sony could license the manufacturing of the cards to other companies. It was a larger scale operation so prices could be driven down unlike with the vita memory cards which only work with vita and are only made by sony.

Also, there were tons of fake memory stick pro duo's on the market so that disrupted the prices of the genuine ones too. With the vita memory, Sony basically has everything under control how they want it to be and I have a feeling thats gonna stay the same for the next handheld.

You expect Sony to launch another dedicated handheld console after the Vita?? I think the chance of that happening is below 5%.

I can see them release a high-end "gaming smartphone" with an included gamepad case and some first party software support as well as Playstation Now and PS4/PS5 streaming and PSP/PSV emulation.

One might say that approach already flopped with the Xperia Play, but that was a pretty bad attempt with the handset being mid range and only having playstation mobile support and no PSP compatibility etc.

Yes I think they will and they will. They will cut the launch price but still make a very powerful console like they did with the PS4 compared to the PS3. It should also be able to get easier ports of PS4 games than the vita could get from the PS3 and the graphical gap will be closer to the PS4 than it was for the PS2/PSP and the PS3/vita.