Nintendo and Sony have to bring out Handheld/Phone hybrids in 2017.

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BasilZero said:

KBG29 said:

Why should Nintendo stop there. A 4G version of the NX would be a major boost to sales. It would make the mobile side of the device a worth while peice of tech. A non mobile connected NX would be absolutly worthless outside of the home. They need to take full advantage of the hybrid design, if it does indeed end up being that.

On Sony's end, this would only add to the mainline device. Every PS4, PS4 Pro, PS4 Phone would add to the ecosystem, and make it a more desirable place for consumers and developers. 

 

 

Good luck to Sony and Nintendo if they go that route.

 

Would make Vita and WiiU sales/user numbers look fantastic in comparison.

Not sure how devices that would sell Vita and WiiU lifetime sales every 12 months on a bad year, would shed a fantastic light on those platforms sales?

ArchangelMadzz said:

KBG29 said:

Sony is loosing more and more marketshare in the smartphone business every year. Two years ago Xperia was outselling PS4 3:1, while loosing billions. This year they are looking to sell 20 Million PS4s at over a  Billion in profits, and 15 Million Xperias with a Loss.

Xperia is in a downward spiral with no hope of growing marketshare. A PlayStation Phone is the only thing they could do to turn around their mobile fortunes. They will never gain ground with a me too Xperia phone in the over saturated slab phone market. They have to offer something new to the market that brings experiences not possible on the current duoply devices.

A playstation phone isn't turning anything around. People aren't going to change their phone device to play playstation games on the go. They already released an Xperia Play and it did awful. 

Sony aren't interested in it, they don't need to be, they're doing perfectly fine without it, it would just be another product to bleed money

Xperia Play was not a PlayStation device. It was a bastard product at the end of a bad relationship with Ericsson. Sony never wanted anything to do with it. It had no access to PlayStation Network or the PlayStation Store propper, and it never recievced any software from World Wide Studios. It was an under speced, non supported product, and is not even indicitive of what a PlayStation Phone could do in the market. 

If they made this product, it would be a bigger seller, and bigger money maker than the PS4 itself. Kaz is interested, he has said the mobile space needs an innovative product, and is working hard to unifiy Sony under the PlayStation OS, and the PlayStation Network. He just has to convience the board to fold Sony Mobile into Sony Interactive Entertainment. With SCI making up the majority of profits at Sony, it will be easier and easier to do as time goes on.