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superchunk said:
Sony will also continue trend of following Nintendo's lead with some sort of push for portability with PS4. Maybe new Vita variant with bump in performance or new-redefined streaming gaming functionality for a newer slimmer/lower-priced Vita. (before you call troll on this, I think history is pretty clear Sony copies Nintendo's successful innovations)

Your constant "Sony copies Nintendo" is getting tiring.

Every product is an evolution and a result of a company being inspired by another company. Nintendo is very good at popularizing existing technologies. I'll give you that. But these technologies are almost never invented in-house by the console manufacturers and have often prior been tried by other companies with varying success.

You claim that Sony copied the analog stick from Nintendo and that they'll probably copy the Switch as well.
- The first game console with an analog stick was released in 1976. Sony used it for the first time in April, 1996. Nintendo in June, 1996. And no, Nintendo's reveal in December, 1995 was not prior to Sony's reveal in August, 1995. Claiming that Sony copies Nintendo due to the analog stick is like claiming that Nintendo copies Sony due to the paid online subscription on the Switch. Nintendo didn't invent the analog stick and Sony didn't invent the paid online subscription.

- Regarding the Switch, Sony already had a portable console that could connect to a TV. It was called PSP. If Sony tried this again, they wouldn't be copying the Switch. And we can't say for sure, whether it'd be because of Nintendo showing a demand or because it'd be a natural evolution of the PSP connectivity and PS Vita TV.

 

Even Nintendo is inspired by other companies. Deal with it.