| KBG29 said: The thing is Sony doesn't have to go into this in a fight against Apple and Google. The main purpose of the platform would be games. The 4G or 5G connections main purpose would be giving you the full online gaming expereince anywhere you go. Sony doesn't have to sell 100 million devices a year to be profitable. With everything being shared across all PS devices, even if it only sold as well as the Vita, it would be a very profitable device. That said, a mobile device with full access to the PlayStation library would blow by the VIta, the PSP, and potentially even the PS2. I don't know how to get it arocss, but millions of people don't care about their Android or iOS phone, and never use it for more than calls, texting, and web browsing. I work in 24 hour business with a head count just over 4,000 people in my location, and over 140,000 world wide. The average pay is over 100K/year, and the people range from early 20's to retirement. My position has me moving across shifts, and getting to know the vast majority of these people over the last decade plus. Beyond that, I have been coast to coast across the US, and to a handfull of other countries working for this company. I know people all over the world, from all backgrounds, and of all ages. The idea that people are satisfied with iOS and Android, and would not jump all over something that truly shifted the land scape is pretty much religated to the online community. Don't know what else to say. Also, that might give you some idea of why I want a bad ass mobile device, and why I love the Vita and Remote Play. |
A portable device with cellular connection? Like the Vita 3G? It didn't worked back then, why would it work now? I also don't think selling as well as Vita is enough to be a profitable and worthy business. If it was, I guess we would have a Vita 2. There's no point in investing R&D to make an entire platform that sells 10M when they have one that will do more than 120M. That R&D would be better used on a cheaper PS4 revision or a cheaper PSVR. It's simply not worth their time and money.
If you assume it would run the entire PS4 library, we don't have this tech yet. A docked Switch is way weaker than the PS4. Undocked, it's even more. Also, Switch use small games. PS4 has tons of titles on the 50GB range. Good luck with storage. Also, how would they transfer your physical copies? DRM issue here. And also not easy to solve in any manner that doesn't involve giving free digital copies to everyone. Honestly, I would just cash in all my physical games as digital and sell them, while keeping my free copies. Publishers would love for sure seeing millions of used games flooding the market with cheap prices.
Only a minority uses it just for calls and text. People use basic stuff like FB app, Instagram, Uber, Trip Advisor, a ton of stuff. If a majority didn't used any app, why Windows Phone and Blackberry failed so massively hard? They were good OS, just lacked apps. Also, do you think people that don't even use apps on their phones are the exact public that want a portable console? We are talking about people that barely use tech at all.
The dominance iOS and Android have is not relegated to the mobile community. It's a fact, backed up by all competitors leaving the market or ending bankrupt. Palm is out. BB uses Android now and is much smaller. Nokia destroyed, it's just a license for HMD now. MS kicked out of the market.
Also, in which way the PS4 OS disrupts the landscape? It's a barebones OS. It doesn't have 5% of what Android does. And that's OK, because it was made for a console and not for a hand computer. I could write a book with all the stuff that Android does that the PS4 OS doesn't.
I also love remote play. But the general public doesn't care at all. If they did, the Vita would sell. If you want a badass mobile gaming device, you should buy a Switch. If you want a badass mobile all-around device, you should buy an Android or iOS phone.
