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HoangNhatAnh on 02 May 2018
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forevercloud3000 said:
potato_hamster said:

Learn how console video game development works. One of the main reasons the Vita failed was because of how difficult it was to port PS3 games to it. It was supposed to be a portable PS3 that ended up playing Borderlands 2 at barely over 20 fps average. What are these magical "fancy tech algorithms" you speak of., because my team and the techs Sony sent to help with our PS3 game port to Vita certainly didn't have access to them at the time.

Please don't take my word for it. Just read through this article, and ask yourself how any of those points brought up about the port can possibly exist with "fancy tech algorithms" that apparently perform magic.

https://kotaku.com/borderlands-2-on-vita-is-the-worst-version-of-a-good-g-1575209477

The Switch exists. We are seeing games from PS4 be playable on a fully portable device. The switch isn't even considered the maximum output of what a handheld could be, it's Nintendo playing it safe.

 

Knowing this, why is it so unfathomable for a playstation device with more power, and the backing of a streamlined PS infrastructure to make down port time minimal(think Xbox running Win 10) to exist in a portable capacity? The Switch is proof that the tech exists.

 

Not to mention, none of us fully know the full extent of the tech done in secret. All these companies keep things close to their chest until they are ready for us to know.

Yeah, expect anything like Horizon Zero Dawn or Uncharted 4 run on thing like Switch is delusional. Switch in fact cost $300 and use small chip thank to Nvidia, how big ps4 portable is? How much it cost? What company outside Nvidia will make a chip that is stronger than Tegra while keep being small as Tegra? PS4 AAA games can be very big, 60 GB or even more, digital only, absolutely best choice ever. How big is the battery to last 4 hours or more when run game like The Witcher 3? What franchise will drive ps4 portable sales? AAA games only? For a handheld, the most suitable to it is games that attract many children or casuals, not cinematic game that last barely 1 hour on ps4 portable