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Miyamotoo on 29 December 2016
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KBG29 said:
Miyamotoo said:

Wrong, handheld consoles are not something new, people know what can expect from handheld console,people know they are not phones that they are gaming devices on 1st place. 3DS and Vita proves that 3G/LTE are not important feature for handheld consoles.

I honestly can not believe you are using 3DS and Vita as the example here. PSP and DS sold nearly 250M devices by being leaders in the mobile elctronics world. Vita and 3DS have sold not even sold 1/3 of that, thanks to the lack of evolving with the times. Now, than with this blunder, I will be surprised if Switch can make it to 30 million units. Console and handhelds are not impervious to changing market. If they continue don't grow, and stay competitive with the competition (PC, Laptops, Tablets, Set Top Boxes, Smart TV, Smartphones) then they will become unsustainable.

Of Course I use 3DS/Vita like examples because they are last handhelds. 3DS/Vita sold less than DS/PSP because today everyone can play games on every phone/tablet and that wasn't case in DS/PSP era, not because handhelds didn't evoloved with times. 3DS/Vita and espacily Switch are also evolving, you will have internet browser, YouTube, Hulu or something similar...but not having 3G/LTE is not deal braker in any case for market, becuse people still look at Switch for games on 1st plays not for 3G/LTE, Switch is still gaming deviace on 1st place not phone or tablet. And if mobile internet is so important for someone it could easily use hotspot from phone. So it not really big deal in any case like you want to sound.

 

KBG29 said:
Qwark said:
Wasn't there a Vita model with access to 3g?

Yes, and it remains the best mobile device ever made. Unfortunatly, Sony decided to cease support and seriously gimp it, in order focus its efforts on the Xperia Google Phone line instead. To the tune to over 3 billion in losses in the years since to top it off. Had they released constant updates to the Vita, including 4G model, and a full fledged phone model, perhapps, we would actually have some options in the mobile industry instead of the current dead end douply we have right now. And, we might have some actual mass market games coming to mobile, instead of the great but niche titles we have right now.

Sony cease support because nobody really wanted 3G/LTE Vita and beacuse model without 3G/LTE was incomparible more popular.

 

 

Pemalite said:
The only reason not to include mobile 4G/3G is to cut costs.

No mobile data, severely underclocked hardware, low 720P screen.

If you can't upgrade the battery, then I would hope the device is water proof.
And if it isn't water proof, then it is a stupid design decision, lithium battery's have a finite life-span, it is a matter of *when* they fail, not if.

Deviace certainly is not waterproof because it has active cooling and holes for cooling. Today more and more phones have non removable batteries, so it doesn't seems like big problem.