Year 1 - Week 52 - Global Switch Sales vs WiiU/XboxOne/3DS/PS4

[DonFerrari]

StarDoor said:

DonFerrari said:

That is a good question considering PSPGo failed so hard...

I don't think it would be good to go full digital, have different formats to the games or using a more expensive format to all.

One thing they could try to make happen is you being able to make a flash copy of your BD on the card and validate it with using only your PSN account to validate you still own the game (somewhat convoluted).

So In the end they would need the "portable" to have at least enough size to fit a BD reader for you to install and keep the disc inside. Considering people are loving the tablets nowadays a 7 or 10" tablet with pads on the sides isn't that bad for today market

A blu-ray disc on its own is 4.7 inches in diameter. Setting aside the fact that there's no way you could fit an entire BD reader in a 7" tablet, since a BD's diameter is much longer than the height of the screen, any tablet at all with a disc drive would be absurdly thick. You couldn't possibly use full-size blu-rays and still have a console that actually works as a handheld.

That is why I put 10", Switch is a lot ticker than a tablet and I see no issue with that.

But I agree with you that it would be quite complex to make a PS5 portable reading full size BD, but perhaps they will be able to have mini BD with 8 layers that could replace the BD of PS5 need.

On the size of the reader, PSVita and PSP used discs right? So Maybe they don't need to that thick.

Sony is the one that need to make it happen, I am just saying they could be enthiced by Nintendo success with Switch.