Japan sales (Week 47): Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - November 20-26, 2017

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Pachofilauri said:

KBG29 said:
Switch is doing incredibly well. Nintendo is has no competition in Japan.

Sony really needs 7nm fabrication to get hopping so they can bring out a Mobile PS4. It is obvious that the Japanese market wants the ability to play their games on the go.

-Give them a Portable PS4
-Offer a 4G LTE or 5G model
-Add Calling & Texting to the PS4 OS (Would be great for VR regaurdless)
-Support Apps
-Then bring it to the west, so I can move on from the Vita, and ditch my phone.

For what? 400USD???

$400 for a Portable PS4 in say early 2019 would be an absolute seal. I'd $600 4G version with calling and texting over a $1,000 iPhone or Android Phone any day. 

Miyamotoo said:

Its not only point for what price, but something like that couldn't be made currently, beacuse you would need PS4 APU in 7nm for something like that, also battery would be much worse than Switch one in any case. Maybe in few years something like PS4 Portable could be possible, but currently is not.

Yeah, no way it would come any sooner than 2019. I think it is pretty much Sony's only option if they want to remain competitive in their home contry though. The home console market is only about 15 to 20 million strong, portables is twice that. A portables that double as a phone could be 3 times that or more. With Apple and Samsung jacking phone prices up into the $1,000 territory, it would be awesome to see Sony and Nintendo disrupt the market with $500 phones that truly innovate.