EricHiggin said:
PS4 in console format with 16nm right now still uses too much power yes, that's why it would have to wait for 7nm around 2019. This gives PS 2-3 years over Switch to use a more advanced battery, and also take advantage of price drops. PS4 games like HZD are part of the reason the console uses so much power, but if you dial the games back, they will require less power and less space. 128GB would fit 2 large AAA games as they are right now based on the PS4 S, but it would probably end up 3-4 AAA with the games scaled back. Switch has some very large third party games that also would only allow 1-2 games on it's storage. Luckily Switch has carts, and also has space for micro SD like the PS Portable would have. Doesn't mean a PS Portable couldn't exist because of this.
I thought each BD had a unique code, if not, the UPC or another one of the codes on the game box could work potentially. I'm not sure if those codes are unique either. If not then possibly PS could produce specific portable versions of the game with some type of code attached, since remasters have done so well on PS4, or use carts in this case. They could also just make it digital only but this would limit it's sales to some degree. I guess PS could also do something like have a camera on the handheld and ask for verification where you hold up the game box UPC to the camera and scan it once a week. The day it asks you for the scan if gives you 24 hours from that point before it locks you out. That way you know every 7 days you will need to scan and can easily and quickly do it all at once if you want since it would only be a 2-6 titles most likely. This also stops you from sharing the game too much since those other people would need the box to scan as well. Unless you and all of your friends purposely installed the game on the same day so you could all get together and scan the game box at the same time. Since these physical only gamers like having their physical copies around, i don't see this being a huge headache, as long as it's not an everyday or every other day scan. PS could even charge like $2.00 to postpone the scan an extra week if your going away on vacation or business and don't want to bring the box.
PS Portable being the best? I said it wouldn't even have to be as good as Switch 2, as long as it's close enough. I even mentioned PS4 and Pro in comparison to XB1X to prove this is true. It doesn't have to be the best hardware, just good enough. Your clearly confused about what was said and who said it. My point about Vita is you make it sound like PS4 games can't be any smaller than they are, when in reality they can be. I never said how small they would end up, but pretending like PS4 games are all locked at 60GB is extremely closed minded, considering the Pro 4k versions are not the same size.
See PS4 S $300 vs PS4 $349 vs Pro $399 vs PC with RX 470/480 $499+. I also mentioned multiple times that the games would not be running at full spec. |
Many games are not on Vita because they are too big. You know almost all Western AAA games that are not on Vita, only Japan third parties are, and it still miss a lot AAA JP games, even AA too. How to the next ps portable get these game physically if not for very big cart?
