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

[KBG29]

potato_hamster said:

KBG29 said:

There is nothing wrong with the majority of players being casual. Bring on more free to play, and microtransactions. If that is what casuals want, then let them have it. Even if they are only playing F2P, they are still making money for the platform holder, and building an even larger userbase which means more software of all kinds. 

Honestly, if Apple or Google ever made a PS Vita/Sitch like device + a console equivalent set top box, and started getting Call of Duty, Assasins Creed, Madden, Grand Theft AUto, Far Cry, Just Cause, Final Fantasy, Fifa, Battlefield, Red Dead, basically all AAA 3rd party titles. Then why the hell would I ever buy a Sony or Nintendo? At that point the if Sony or Nintendo still refused to offer broader platform, with a mobile option, the value disparity would be too great, and I would sit with iOS or Android and bitch about Sony and Nintendo needing to bring their games to those platforms. Either Sony or Nintendo need to start offering Phones, or Apple and Google, need to find a spot in the trillions they are making to offer a Gaming Phone and High End Set Top Box.

https://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/

There you go :)

Laughing out loud! You got me there.

Yeah, they have the Sony name on them, but they are not Sony devices. Just another re-branded Google device.

Even the Xperia Play had almost nothing to do with Sony. No access to PS1, PSP. Not a single 1st party game ever made for it. Not a single game from EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Take-Two, Capcom, Konami, Square, or any other major 3rd pary publisher. PSN access limited to the PS Mobile Store, but only if you basically hacked the device to get it on there. No access to online play, friends lists, messaging, or any other PSN features. The Xperia Play was a device sent to die.

Now if Sony made a Phone that ran on their own OS. Had access to the PlayStation Library, including SIEWWS, 3rd party parteners, and indies. Fully supported by all PSN features and related services. Full Dual Shock controls. Then things would shake up. 

And No, Remote Play or PlayStation Now with a Dual Shock 4, on an Google Xperia device does not count. 

A Phone successor to the Vita with native access to PlayStation games, at the same level of quality we have came to expect over the last 20+ years. That is what would shake up the mobile space. PlayStation Phones with access to all future PlayStation releases, one purchase plays on Phone and on Console, that's where Sony can carve out a viable 100 Million + userbase in the mobile space.