| Biggerboat1 said: It's true that you can use wired, though that's a pretty hard pill to swallow for a 2023 mobile device... Earbuds are more important on something that's being marketed as a 2nd screen for obvious reasons, and being forced into old tech or earbuds that cost the same as the device it's supporting is nuts. There was an outcry for Bluetooth connectivity for headphones on the switch for a reason. And I don't buy the 'Sony is including hi-end tech in the earbuds' as justification. They're using an 8" 1080p, 60hz LCD screen (hardly cutting edge), which means they're happy to make big compromises to the visual experience, so why the insistence on this fancy lossless, latency-free audio? Not to mention the on-board audio on this thing will likely be mediocre (due to the form-factor). Their dedication to 'techinal excellence' seems to be curiously selective... It's all about the mula. |
Yes it's about the mula. That's what every company does.
You're making a lot of assumptions though. We don't know what all the options are for the PlayStation Portal. We don't know whether there will be other headsets with PlayStation Link aside from these two.
| Biggerboat1 said: And I don't buy the 'Sony is including hi-end tech in the earbuds' as justification. They're using an 8" 1080p, 60hz LCD screen (hardly cutting edge), which means they're happy to make big compromises to the visual experience, so why the insistence on this fancy lossless, latency-free audio? |
The justification is to explain why the earbuds costs $200. It isn't "Sony is high tech", or that "Sony doesn't make compromises" or any other such garbage. It is just me explaining that the earbuds probably have the tech to be worth $200.
As for the Portal, the DualSense alone costs $70. The backbone costs $100. Add in an 8" 1080p display with battery and wireless capabilities; I think $200 is a semi-reasonable price point.
| Leynos said: Sony's choices as of late are weird and stupid. Make an add-on more expensive than the console. PSVR2. That's a SEGA-level boner choice. Release this dumbass thing but no Bluetooth so have to buy their headphones. Classic Sony bullshit. Their memory cards. Vita sold more than PSVR but they didn't make another Vita but did make another PSVR which is now failing. Sony's Elite controller is shit. Bad battery life. No hall effect. Still obsessed making everything white. Which gets dirty. Gross. If Valve can do it so can Sony. I rather have a Vita 2 than a Wii U 2. |
The considerations for handheld gaming and PSVR2 are very different.
Sony clearly isn't expecting these devices to sell 10's of millions in the way that they would want a Vita 2 to sell.
