| twintail said: If the device could run PS5 games then it isn't really about supporting 2 devices: it's just a different PS5 sku. But I dunno... If it could run patched PS5 games I'd consider it. Not sure I need a handheld PS4 after nearly a decade of having a PS4. If I can stream my games from PS+ Essential, and if the size is closer to something like a Vita than the PS Portal, then I'm interested. |
To downscale a game to the extent of a mobile GPU is way more trouble than releasing, for instance, a PS5 Pro patch. It would be more like porting to a whole new platform.
Of course, that's still far more doable than it was developing games for a separate handheld...
| Doctor_MG said: The rumor sounds bogus. Making a PS4 handheld would be very tricky from an engineering standpoint as it would have to work with every PS4 game natively without patches. In addition, this means that they would be considering crossgen development again right when they started walking away from it. Thirdly, it would have to be digital only, so lots of people wouldn't be able to use their disc collection in the system. |
...or they could release it with the PS4 APU shrunk to N6 or whatever. 100% instant compatibility and it would be pretty cheap (<75mm²) to boot.
