PS Vita Pro (Switch-ish)

[DonFerrari]

Lafiel said:

Kristof81 said:
The only Sony's handheld that could sell, would be PS4 portable. And if that's even possible to make, I'd buy it.

The major problem is power consumption/battery technology and without a grand leap forwards in those areas it's probably not a good idea.

With 7nm manufacturing it might be possible to get consumption (including additional components a HH needs, like screen/speakers etc) to about 50W (the PS4 Slim has a peak draw of ~90W and it's APU is made with the 16nm process). In comparison the Switch is at ~9W max consumption in hh mode and already is critized quite a bit for only offering a bit more then 2h battery life in demanding games.

A makeshift solution might be to include ~30min battery life in the hypothetical PS4portable itself and shipping it with a power bank that you can wear on your body without too much of a hassle, but I doubt the public would be all too receptive of that.

Pokemon Go players would... have seem some with more than 2 powerbanks running around.