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

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twintail said:

FattyDingDong said:

Sony has recently said that despite the fact that they have been selling extraordinary amount of consoles this holiday they cannot ignore Nintendo's switch.  Nintendo Switch is truly a very unique and intriguing concept,  if Sony were to challenge Nintendo and released their own version of the Switch would it fail just like the Vita did. Or perhaps they can learn from their mistakes and really try to push the PS Switch with strong 3rd party support.   What do you think is required of Sony to make a successful version of the Switch?   more powerful?  better online? cheaper price ? 

 

How are people still reading this statement out of context? They were talking about not reaching their predicted profit margins for the year because of the Switch eating into the demographic they are targeting rather than serving a different demographic.

The only way Sony is going to have a rival product is if it plays everything the PS4 can. Sony arent going to push for 2 different products with separate software streams when Nintendo clearly are moving towards a single software stream. The reality is that because Sony doesnt force its top devs to make specific games, there is in inclination by these studios to support a weaker portable device.

so if they can magically get a PS4 into a portable state, then sure they will release it. If not then no. 

...and that would make it a PS4 portable and thus part of the PS4 family, not a seperate product.

But hey that could work in a special way, similar to the Sega Nomad:

Since the PS4 is still selling gangbusters, Sony can delay their PS5 for now. In 2-3 years, a mobile tablet chip based on a very shrinked  (7nm) Jaguar or Ryzen (still stating Jaguar for perfect compatibility) and a Radeon Navi/subsequent release with roughly the same power as the PS4 may be possible. Releasing that at around the same time as the PS5 as the final evolution of the PS4 may extend the latter's life by quite some years. Main differences apart from power and games lineup to the Switch: No cartridges, it's digital only. But the Ps4 mobile can install games from discs because the dock will have a disc slot for full compatibility with any other PS4. Also some sideport memory to "store" some  game from disc temporarely a bit in a way like the cartridges do, but with the drawback that to change out this game, one has to connect it again with the dock.

Main problem with such a PS4 mobile: It would probably be more expensive to produce and thus have a higher pricetag than the upcoming PS5 at release.