Has a window opened for a new Playstation handheld?

[JRPGfan]

Trunkin said:

JRPGfan said:

If they did a non hybrid.... and just aimed for parity with the switch portable, and just much much cheaper?
Honestly probably yes.

If sony went super hardcore on price/performance, they could make a 149$ handheld that would be equal to the Switch in portable mode (but not docked).

At that price differnce, sony would have a shot of winning the race for handheld leader.

Switch is too expensive to get mass adoption by handheld owners, imo atm.

How many handhelds have success at 299$?

$150? How the hell would they manage that?

By useing a smaller weaker chip than the one the Nintendo Switch has.

They only need to be as good as the portable mode of the switch, if its a dedicated handheld.

By useing simple design (ei. dont make a convertable thingy, with millions of parts, multiple batteries, that crazy HD rumble ect ect).

I wouldnt be suprised if Sony was able to do it for 149$.

 

That is the draw back of the hybrid console, its not as cheap as it could be (price/perf) if it was just 1 thing or the other.

Being both has drawbacks, that effect both sides.

The upside is it is both too though, which makes it appealing to those that dont just want a handheld.

Still plenty of people (see OP) apparntly do want just that, a conventional handheld.