Has a window opened for a new Playstation handheld?

[KBG29]

SpokenTruth said:

KBG29 said:

All Sony ha to do is release a PS Phone based on the PS4 tech when 7nm is available. They can sell it for $600, have full software compatability with PS4, and it will sell over 100 Million. No spliting of the userbase, no spliting of development, build one game and it works for PS Phone, PS4, and PS4 Pro. On the customer side, you by a PlayStation game off PSN and it works on your PS Phone, your PS4, or your PS4 Pro.

With access to same version of Fifa, COD, Madden, Battlefield, Gran Turismo, etc. as PS4/XBO/PC it would be impossible for them to fail.

KBG29 said:

A PlayStation Handheld and the PS4 don't have to be seperate things. At 7nm in 2019 - 2020 Sony can easily make a PS4 the same size or smaller than the Switch. This would give the device access to all PS4 titles from day one.  

Hell even right now a PS4 Tablet is possible. Get rid of the Blu-ray Drive, swap the HDD for 512GB of on board strage, axe the HDMI/USB/AUX/Ethernet/Optical ports, and put in a Micro SD and USB C slot, and you have a very compact device. Only problem currently is the 14nm PS4 APU needs active cooling, at 7nm that will no long be required. Even at that though, it would still be a very small device. Make it like the Surface book, and you have an idea the size. Keep the HDMI and people could use it like the Switch, if that is what people want. 

You might want to look into the physics of your idea.  Dropping to 7nm won't reduce power consumption from 120 watts to 10 watts.  Hell, the PS4 uses 10 watts now in standby mode.

It will definitly be possible in a Vita sized handheld/phone hybrid or iPhone Plus/Galaxy Note sized slab phone with 7nm. The current slim already cut power almost in half going from 28nm to 14nm. Getting rid of the Blu-ray Drive and swapping the HDD for Flash will save a good amount of power. Of course adding in 4G LTE will ad some back into the mix, it won't be enough to make a big issue. 

All said and done, they can easily make a device that falls into the power envolope of current high end phones and tablets. The battery life for gaming would only be about 2 - 4 hours, but as a phone it could last the day in low power mode, with light gaming. Now days I see so many people plugged in or using USB battery packs, that I honestly don't think battery life would be to big of concern, just like I think Switch will be fine.

Sony has the tech, and the know how, it is just a matter of whether they want to grow their position in the market, or continue to shrink. As a Sony fan, and investor, I hope that they decide to kill off Xperia, and make tablets/phones around PS4, and massivly grow their userbase, and the revenue and profits from PSN.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-hands-on-with-the-playstation-4-slim-cuh-2000