taikamya said:
No, it does not. The Switch is a lower clocked nVidia Shield from 2015. The Switch is not even close to a PS4. The Switch uses the same exact chip as the 2015 Shield model, with HALF, yes, you heard me, HALF the clock speed. That being said, an iPad AIR 2 kills it dead. A freaking 2017 Shield model is superior, although just by a small margin because of firmware upgrades and 4k support. Do not start with fanboyism saying that the Switch is even close to half the PS4. The Switch is maybe, just maybe, 50% stronger than the Wii U, which surpassed the PS3 for a short amount of power. So, yeah, It's totally possible for Sony to do a Portable PS4, specially because the new Imagination announced recently Imagination(click) its new GPU which is supposed to be 60% stronger than the 7 generation, which, is more than 400% stronger than the old PSVita(or 40% stronger than the iPad Pro, which already is more than 100% stronger than the original iPad Air), meaning it falls a little short of what a Xb1 can do and its due this year. Plus, it's the same technology Sony used with the PSVita, meaning it would be amazingly easy to port titles and, of course, develop for. So, ok, a project with a recently announced GPU may be a little much to push for, however, the point here is, Switch is a lot closer to the Wii U, than it is to the PS4, by a huge margin. It's not close, period. Second point is, it is plausible and possible to make a PS4-on-the-go even TODAY, let alone in the next 2 to 3 years. In 3 years, mobile phones will have the Ps4 graphics, trust me. By 2020, the top model smartphone will rival a PS4 in graphics, a little better or worse, but will rival. The questions here are: how much would they charge for it? A PSVita price or even a Switch price for a PS4 portable, seems great, and I'd definitely buy one; and how "portable" would it be, with such a big battery? How heavy, enough to make it an issue? How big the screen and how hot would it make at high brightness, enough to warm up your hand badly? These are things the architects better think about, or it (if this ever happens) will surely fail. |
ahem.. ahem... "the Switch's power falls somewhere between a Wii U and a PS4"
"somewhere between" implies anywhere between point A and point B. you read way too far into that and interpreted some stuff that wasnt actually said, and you also contradicted youself quite a bit. so let me clarify some things.
1. I am not a fanboy. currently i own neither a PS4 or a Switch. I do own a Wii U and am well aware of how un-powerful it is. thats one of the reasons Nintendo pulled off the Switch so nicely. it was an upgrade from their previous hardware but was still cheap enough to make portable. also "50% stronger than the Wii U" still falls within the realm of "between a Wii U and PS4"
2. smart phone technology is advancing yes, and it is possible for a 2020 model of a smartphone to rival a PS4, but in 2020 we will probably have the PS5 and that just loops around to what i said about how it would need to be underpowered so it could be affordable, but then being underpowered would drive away devs.
