If Sony makes a "Playstation Switch" could it succeed?

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HoangNhatAnh said:

You clearly ignore all first party games on vita and none of them can sold as sixth as Pokemon X/Y. When combined all, they are not even half of X/Y sales

Vita recieved no support from Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Sony Santa Monica, Guerrilla Games, or Polyphony Digital, among other 1st party studios. Vitas 1st party was an absolute joke. Hell, not only did it fail to support 1st party games, it doesn't even support Sony services. PS Vue and  PS Music, were never made available. PS Video never recieved streaming support. PS Now was killed after a short stay. Play Memories never came to the platform either.

Sony threw a few spin offs on Vita built by their B teams, and basically killed support for it within the 1st year. Comparing Sony's 1st party offerings on Vita to anything is as big of a joke as Sony's first party support itself.

A Sony handheld that shared its library with the home console would have a major advantage over the PSP and Vita. 

TheBraveGallade said:

First party? Lol. Sony's advantage was and is that most thitd party games come to it. With how power sensitive they are I don't think third parties would like a portable version of ps5.

 

Also good luck with making the huge (in comparison to switch) 700$ ultrabooks into a reasonable size and pricepoint.

First Party is personal opnion, I for one buy Sony systems for what is in my eyes the best 1st party in the industry. The addition of having the option to play 99% of 3rd party titles is a nice bonus.

As for 3rd parties and a PS5 portable. Considering a Portable only needs to play games at 720p to look incredible thanks to the 5 - 6" screen, I don't think devs would have much issues with running their 4K  home games on a portable PS5 in 720p. Scalability is already part of all 3rd party games since they are built for PC. They already have assest for stupid low resolution, textures, lighting, geometry, and such, which even a PS5 Portable would not hit the bottom of.

At 7nm there is no reason for such a device to be any bigger than the orginal Vita, and cost any more than $400. You have to remember consoles and handhelds are sold at cost or a loss as opposed to things like phones, tablets, and laptops selling at 2 to 3 times cost. Hell even the current PS4 Slim would be tiny if you gave it an external Power supply, and ditched the Blu-ray drive since that is how any laptop is built now days. They could sell a PS4 Tablet with a 10" screen right now at $400 if they wanted to.