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

[EricHiggin]

HoangNhatAnh said:

Yeah, it clearly are lacking third party game when it have nothing compared to Wii or even Wii U in 10 months: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_Switch_games

And of course Sony can make better Switch by copy Nintendo idea's first then hope for AMD can make a mobile chip that is way stronger than Nvidia's Tegra X3 which cost $250 only and last 4 - 5 hours or even a lot more. It also can sell like PSP because all Western customers are willing to buy a portable when they love play on TV with mega hit like Sonymon - Pokemon killer

I knew you would come around eventually.

KBG29 said:

Honestly, I don't even see how there is an argument to a PlayStation Switch Succeeding, especially if it takes over for the Xperia brand as well. Sony was able to sell 16 million Vitas with almost no support. They are able to sell 14 million Xperias a year with no marketing or contracts in the US. There is really no easier play in all of business than Sony finally delivering a PlayStation Phone that can hook to the TV. It should have happened with the original PSP, and it still should happen today.

Not only would a PlayStation Switch Phone be successful, it would be the highest selling peice of gaming hardware in the history of the industry. The most versatile gaming device ever made, the deepest library in the history of mobile gaming devices, the first VR enabled handheld gaming device, and the first portable gaming device to allow full form online multiplayer any time any place with wifi or a 4G/5G. Sony has everything they need to make every statement above a reality, and if they do, they will propel PlayStation and Sony into the big leagues.

I think both a portable/hybrid and phone could do well enough to make it worth supporting, but I don't see either product coming anywhere close to PS4 territory. Even PS3 numbers would surprise me. Maybe sales of both added together. PS would also have to focus more on free to play games, first and third party. I would have to assume if they were going to attempt this, they would try a Switch like model first, and if that sold well enough, then the phone possibly. They would have the gaming aspect covered well, but as for the rest of the phone itself, trying to take a larger portion of Apple and Samsung's pie isn't going to be easy. A small handheld with the flip screen portion being removable as a phone would be their best bet I think. Small enough to be a phone, large enough together to be a handheld with decent controls. I think PS needs a strong enough and stable enough handheld/hybrid before they even attempt an all in one phone with a strong gaming focus.