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Turkish on 20 September 2017
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Soundwave said:
Turkish said:
I've already made the prediction that sometime in the 2020s we will see a portable PS5. The handheld would be a machine that's 4x less powerful than the console, and it would play the entire library at 4x lower resolution (900/1080p). It differs from the Switch in that it'll be 2 different devices that play the same games.

One of the main things Sony will focus next gen is scalability. A regular PS5, PS5 Pro, and probably a PS5 Go will be on offer.

MS will easily be able to make a home console far more powerful than that and take over the traditional market in that case. 

A "console line" hamstrung by only being able to be 4x more powerful than a mobile component that has to run on a battery is going to be very easy for MS to demolish in performance. 

On the contrary, Sony would be able to make a PS4 Portable that's 4x less powerful and one which can play PS4 exclusives at 4x less resolution, right now. The technology is there, only problem is that the games aren't made to scale to lower res, and a handheld with only 360p screen is doomed to fail. The next gen PS5 Pro would also be BC with PS4 games and render them perfectly at their native res.

What I propose is the opposite of hamstrung, it plays to the strengths of each machine. So no, they aren't getting demolished by anyone, and the competition need exclusives in the first place to do that. A Halo 8 or Forza 12 isn't gonna make 100 million people wanna switch brands.