Might Sony go with a two-SKU strategy next-gen (like Microsoft did with Series S)?

[Chazore]

DonFerrari said:

Whenever I make a PC that is my mindset, pick up the middle ground where I can have the best performance per cost to hold 5 years at decent level, and if I have a surplus of money perhaps upgrade midway, but to get the very best and hold over 5 years without upgrade would be to costly and without that big of an impact (cost benefit for me).

This is why I feel like I got lucky with my 080ti, since that is still doing me good since I got it back in 2017. My CPU and Ram are def holding me back atm though.

SvennoJ said:

I hoped Nintendo would have released a standalone console version that always runs at max speed. Better cooling, run at higher clock speed like the docked Switch does already but push it to the max in a better cooled Wii size box. Still the benefit of lower cost, yet offering a choice for native 1080p on TV.

I have no interest in handheld play so the screen part is completely useless to me and the dock rather awkward under the tv. I'm basically paying more for less performance than if there was a console option. BoTW still looked great in 900p on my 1080p projector, but it was always visibly not as sharp as many ps3 and 360 games. Plus I had to put the dock halfway between me and the screen or the left joy-con would randomly disconnect :/ Anyway Nintendo left money on the table, I would have bought a standalone version and more games for Switch.

I wouldn't have minded that tbh, even though I used my switch in portable mode since getting it in 2018. My main issues were it's stick drift, battery life and perf in both mobile and docked mode, like it's docked mode hardly felt like a world of difference.

For the life of me, I just don't see Ninty going back to their GC days, because since the GC, they've been going for cheaper to produce systems, that don't break the bank for too long.

I'm interested in what Valve can do with the Deck in docked mode though, but I'm probably going to wait for it's 2nd iteration to see where it's desktop mode goes from there.

That being said, I do wish Ninty would splurge a lil on their next system, because this gen for them so far has been nothing but one big success and a shit ton of cashflow. They can absolutely afford to splurge a bit on their next system and take a loss for a couple years, while giving us a better experience and a longer lasting system that doesn't have to rely on shortcuts over time.