How will Sony and Microsoft counter the Switch?

[Pyro as Bill]

robzo100 said:

shikamaru317 said:

I highly doubt they will. Neither Sony nor MS can support both a handheld and a console properly (Sony tried and failed with Vita), and their consoles are too powerful for crossplay with a handheld.

That's an interesting point, because the whole idea of the switch is console-powered gaming in a portable. If Sony is successful with it's home console business, perhaps a Switch re-modelling could tap into its current 40mil user base. People seem to agree that's Nintendo's same philosophy as well, only reverse with portables.

In the scenario where the mass market decides they want a better experience than smartphone games and they accept 720p as 'good enough' in exchange for portability, Sony and MS won't be able to 'do a Switch'. I don't think this is accidental.

How would a hybrid work? Ignoring price/power/battery for a PSwitch4 for a second, say I want GTA5. Rebuying it for the portable means it isn't a hybrid. But I can't use a PS4 disk in the portable so it would have to be digital. But there wouldn't be enough SD space for all-digital so it would need a cartridge. But making a cartridge is going to add even more cost and unless Sony is going to supply carts for any game you already own it just isn't going to work.

They'd have to make a dedicated portable and people would expect HDMI-out to play on TV, so they'd end up with a portable 'hybrid' of their previous console without the software. They'd be going round in circles.