And the industry 30 years ago said gaming was a fad in the largest gaming market at that time, the US. Even with the DS Nintendo had to learn the hard way. Was the DS a fad too? No, it was subject to new forces in the industry. All I'm saying is, being straightforward consoles without any real innovation can help or hurt a company. Right now it's helping, sure. But we don't know what's going to be the norm another 30 years from now. Could be a PS10 that just has more horse power, could be PS Mind Toy. I feel that Sony is just playing it too safe in this regard.
The innovation lies within the games, not the console. 50 years ago scientists were saying that smoking was good for your health and didnt harm the baby in pregnant woman. Who cares about what people were saying 30 years ago? We are in the cusp of console technology. Every posibility that is ahead of what we have now cannot be done in the short term. VR is in its infancy, and controlling a videogame with the mind is just without reach in our lifetime, i wouldnt bother about it.
I think as mobile chips like the Tegra continue to evolve, handheld gaming will meet console gaming at a standoff and whoever spent more time in that area will reap the rewards. There's going to come a time where consoles and handhelds will be evenly matched but one of these devices, you can take anywhere. Sure there's always going to be a market for those who are fine with no change, but if I were Sony I'd be investing heavily in mobile content (which they really aren't as Serkan Toto pointed out they have one mobile game and it's a flop) and I'd be investing in dedicated mobile gaming with HD out. But that's kind of difficult right now for them as the leader in this tech, Nvidia has struck a multidecade deal with Nintendo and their chips are only going to get closer and closer to parity with current gen consoles. They can do their own deal with AMD but after this news I doubt it.
Im not tech savy, ill pass on this one. People here can give their opinion in regards of Home Console vs Handheld Console when it comes to power. From what ive seen, they have never been equal. The handheld is always less powerful.
As a Sony and Nintendo fan I feel Sony isn't future proofing themselves and Nintendo is as strange and impossible as it sounds. PSVR is their only forward thinking move at this point. All I'm saying is, the tech industry is moving too fast for PS to not pay attention to devices like the Switch or put their hat in the ring. Can you imagine a world where Nintendo never pursued handheld gaming after the Gameboy if the Gamegear killed it in sales? Nintendo would be miserable as a console only maker. But these are all what ifs, I understand the argument that Sony should focus on what works for them but I hope Sony is paying attention. Sony's issue right now is that they see Switch as only a handheld when indeed it's a hybrid device so they don't feel the need to retaliate. I think they'll choose a different tone when the Switch's generation is over.
LMAO, you are talking about the Switch like it is some kind of tech that were given to is by Aliens. It is a Handheld that can be connected to the TV, nothing more, nothing less. Which BTW has been done before, without success but still. Sony's tone will be the same after the Switch, a well made, capable console with the best 3rd party support and one of the best studios.
You're ignoring the progress mobile chips have made over the past 6 years. It's a jump way larger than that of the NES to Gamecube. I suggest watching this video to get up to speed about the future of dedicated mobile chipsets.
Handhelds in the past and now are weaker than current consoles. Actually, there was one exception back in 1989 where the Gameboy was more powerful than the NES. But as I said, the leap in power for mobile chips is insane and if things continue to trend this way, they'll reach some kind of parity.
And no, I don't think the Switch is something given to us by ailens...where did you even come up with that? It has more to do with getting on board with future proof tech than anything else. Sony has lost Japan, they've lost it. A huge gaming market over there belongs to mobile and Nintendo. They need to do SOMETHING in Japan. We'll see what happens though. All I know is the prospect of having console style games anywhere and executing that plan well is the future of gaming. I know the Switch isn't the first console to do TV out on a handheld...hell the Gamegear did that. but the way our society has become so mobile, it will almost be laughable if a device of some sort isn't portable. Hell, there'll probably be a time if we're on the earth so long that consoles and handhelds won't exist. Smart devices will probably be able to handle AAA gaming and the rest will be history. I don't like the prospect but it's almost inevitable. Everybody grows attached to the way they've known something but like I said the industry is moving at a pace where staying stagnant won't prove beneficial.
Switch is just the beginning of it all. Did you see the way Digital Foundry were losing their Shit when they saw Doom running on such a small device at the rate it was running? They know that shit's about to get real in the mobile chip space and simply being one device won't cut it once these chips evolve even further.
