Nintendo Fans Around The World React To Switch - IGN Video

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Dravenet7 said:

 

KBG29 said:

I do believe you are refering to this "Rather than smartphone games, I've been hoping for a portable device with console style games..."

I fully agree, and I know he is not alone. That is why I have been saying Sony and Nintendo need to release Handheld/Phone hybrids for years. There is a massive market for 3DS and Vita games on Phones, and even more so PS4/XBO games. Had Nintendo released a 4G model of the Switch, I have no doubt it would be their biggest selling console ever, with them selling 50M in Japan alone.

I still hope we see a Switch Phone in the future. They could easily slim down the unit, use a 5" screen, and get more battery life with a 10nm 4G Tegra chip in the next two years. It would be a massive boost to their platform, and give them a real chance to fight back into the hardware space. 

Yep, you got it, but I have to disagree with what you said. You are sating they could easily do that, but can they do it really or is that based on your desire rather than actual analysis of cost and execution? Speaking of cost, how much would a game console that doubles as a home console cost? Sony tried a phone that could play Vita games, and although that wasn't a home console experience it was still a console experience. How succesful was that? 

Actually Sony has never released a Phone that had access to any PlayStation games (Vita or otherwise) or PlayStation Network features. Sony Ericsson made a phone called the Xperia Play that many people get confused as a PlayStation phone, but Sony never developed any games for it, and they never had any support from any major 3rd parties. It was a complete indie device, with very bad support even at that.

Sony already has a lot of the tech for this developed, and they have a lot of the partnerships in place. All they need to do is merge Sony Mobile Comunications into Sony Interactive Entertainment. They are already working with AMD to continuously shrink the PS4 chipset, and it won't take a whole lot more to get it ready for a mobile device. Going this route, their R&D costs are greatly reduced as they pertain to both the regular PS4 and whatever mobile they make.

Nintendo, may have a little bit harder time, but their partenership with Nvidia would help them out a lot. Nvidia already has a lot of partnerships with the mobile space, and they already make mobile ready Tegra chips. Nintendos biggest hurdle would be getting multi-tasking and non gaming features up and running. That would take quite a lot of time and money, but I think that Nintendo gamers would gladly give them the time to sort things out if they could have a phone that could play all the great Nintendo games, as opposed to the terrible offerings on Android and iOS.

As for cost I think both would have to be in the same ball park as any other mobile device. Your Probably looking at a $500 Switch Phone off contract and a $600 dollar PlayStation Phone off contract. Depending on internal storage the price could go up quite a bit.

It is definitly doable, and both companies are in good position to do it. The mobile revolution has to start somewhere. The last big change came from Apple who didn't even really have a Phone buisness, and now they are the biggest in the world next to Samsung. Sony and Nintendo could easily shake things up again, and bring a much better experince to the mobile space.