| think-man said: If you look at the PS vita + vita TV combo it's kind of like the original switch. Maybe next generation Sony will do something more serious in the portable market. |
Mmm... I wouldn't say so myself..
That's because Sony treated it like a secondary feature, while Nintendo put it upfront as the basic concept for the console.
Also, very important. The Vita is a portable you can hook up to your TV. The Switch is a home console you can take anywhere, this is a very important difference. The Switch was built using the home console model, the games cost $60, the software is very robust in nature, games like BotW and Odyssey are primarily home console experiences. A handheld would be very different.
And there is no guarantee Nintendo won't come up with a real dedicatd handheld in the near future. So the Switch is a home console.
How is Sony going to react? I'm not expecting much, because frankly they're not very good at disrupting innovations. Their current self is more successful with sustaining innovations, like upping the specs and doing things that are already part of the expected but in a refined matter, this isn't going to work again't the Switch. So it can be a double edged sword. If you know anything about disruption, if Sony decides to face Nintendo directly, it would turn into what is called an "asymetrical war", and that can get a little ugly, especially for Sony.
