EricHiggin said:
My point was that the hardware cost itself, doesn't really matter in terms of retail price. While PS apparently is trying to stick to selling their hardware at cost if and when they can, even if a new PS4 handheld or PS hybrid were to come to market, there is nothing saying that PS couldn't subsidize the price at all.
Yes, XB1 had Kinect, as it said in my previous post. Comparing home console to handheld? Hasn't Nin made it super clear that the Switch is a home console first but also a hybrid that can be taken on the go? How does that make the Switch strictly a mobile system with a mobile chip? What about the fact that PS4 and XB1 use a Jaguar CPU, which is a mobile part? Does that make them both mobile? How many hours would a Ryzen mobile based PS hybrid last? Well considering there are laptops using these chips, with 8GB DDR4, and battery capacities around 3300mAh, in addition to article's stating they've experienced battery life anywhere from 4.5 to 11.5 hours, I would say it would be more than enough. Switch has a 4310mAh battery, with a much smaller screen, 4GB RAM, and is spec'd to have 2.5 to 6.5 hours of battery life. If the PS device was 720p instead of 1080p, you could expect even longer battery life. PS would not only make a hybrid like Switch and allow XB to take the dedicated home console market, they would continue console and handheld/hybrid. All they need to do is keep their ecosystem the same between all devices, and they don't really have to worry about being 'taken down' by Nin or XB. A big reason PS3 went so poorly was because it was an entirely new ecosystem separate from what PS had in place. A big reason why PS4 is doing so well is because they have decided on a type of ecosystem and are sticking to it. If they can continue that same ecosystem with PS5, then they can start to add devices where it makes sense, knowing they have the ecosystem behind it already to back it up. |
That would only last like, 30 minuetes while gaming.
People forget how much shorter battery life gets when playing games... my macbook pro, which lasts 12 hours web brousing and is rated 10 hours, lasts barely 2 hours gaming. And thats just an i5, 8gb ram and no graphics card.
Also ninty has pokemon which has never made much of an impact as console but has influence greater than any other game on handheld. Can sony beat THAT, in combo with the full force of ninty first party never seen since the 80's, and a foregone dominance in japan? I don't think so.
