[Bloomberg] “Sony working on handheld console for PS5 games. Will rival Nintendo Switch”

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:sas2:Other consoles once again copying Nintendo. Nintendo continues to innovate…
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Meh.

Personally I'm just not interested in playing PS5 games on some small ass screen they weren't designed for. To each his own though.
 

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I just don't see why I'd really want an Xbox or PlayStation handheld to play home console games on the go. I know I'm weird though. I carry a Kindle on me to read books after all. Usually when I'm on the go there's not enough downtime for long enough to do something as involved as playing a home console game. It's nothing to read a few pages of a book while in line at a place or waiting for something. A home console game is a different story as it's way more involved.

I can at least see the value of a Steam Deck as an emulation machine or as a portable PC. A portable home console is gonna be closed box and have none of those perks.
 

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they just broke people off for a marginal upgrade and there's going to be even greater bottleneck on components and this is before even thinking of inflation

there is literally no way the ps6 will be 500 bucks
I disagree. Theirs different context for the PRO.

1) the pro has novel technology (pssr) in it, they are recouping r and d for new technology that is not being made to scale. We are basically paying to have Sonys version of cutting edge tech. Pssr will be older by 2028.

2.) goes to tail end of number one. The ps6 will be built and priced with mass market adoption in mind. They want to sell 100 mill of these things. The PRO was built with niche/enthusiast in mind and priced as such, for those that want to beta test Sonys PSSR. Sony has stated the ps4 pro ended up being about 20% of the instal base of ps4, that’s what they aim for with the new pro.

2a) there’s no competition for the pro, there will be plenty of competition for the ps6. New Xbox, switch, and steam deck. They will be forced to fit in accordingly.

3.) inflation is currently ~2%, if that holds true (barring trump shenanigans) 10% (2.25% inflation over 4 years) inflation on a 450 dollar box puts us at is at 495. Now if Trump fukks shyt up then yea push that closer to 550. Still not 700.

4.) Sony will mitigate the price being above 500 by having high margin addons.

The base console will be diskless only and the disk drive will prolly be 100 dollars.

Ps plus will see a price increase.

Extra controller will be more expensive as well.

And they will definitely want you to by a portable 2 to go with your new ps6.

So for those reasons, I think a 500 dollar ps6 is feasible. Everyone thought ps5 would be 900 dollars and they managed to get it in at 399 with no disk drive. I could see 449-499, maybe 549.
 

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I just don't see why I'd really want an Xbox or PlayStation handheld to play home console games on the go. I know I'm weird though. I carry a Kindle on me to read books after all. Usually when I'm on the go there's not enough downtime for long enough to do something as involved as playing a home console game. It's nothing to read a few pages of a book while in line at a place or waiting for something. A home console game is a different story as it's way more involved.

I can at least see the value of a Steam Deck as an emulation machine or as a portable PC. A portable home console is gonna be closed box and have none of those perks.
My friend just bought a Portal simply because his gaming room in his basement no longer have the lounge chairs in it so all he has currently is his PC desk and monitor+TV mounted above it. He'd lug his PS5 Pro back upstairs to his room to play but then sometimes his girl would be on the TV so he simply opted for a Portal simply to play in bed without bringing the PS5 up. I know for me I used to play the majority of my handhelds indoors and rarely played them shyts like they do in those cheesy Nintendo commercials.
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I don't see how people think they Sony isn't going to charge them more, when they paid 700 for a "stripped" down pro system.

The only way that doesn't happen is if the PS6 is like a Nintendo switch and only slightly better than the pro...Aka 4k/60fps gaming with no problem.

If we lucky the The PS6 is 700 with a disc drive. But more than likely the all digital version of the PS6 is going to be 700-800 and the disc drive another 100.
 
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I don't see how people think they Sony isn't going to charge them more, when they paid 700 for a "stripped" down pro system.

The only way that doesn't happen is if the PS6 is like a Nintendo switch and only slightly better than the pro...Aka 4k/60fps gaming with no problem.

If we lucky the The PS6 is 700 with a disc drive. But more than likely the all digital version of the PS6 is going to be 700-800 and the disc drive another 100.

Concern™
 

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I want Sony to go at everyone's neck
Leave no market unchallenged
Meanwhile there's barely a response to VR, they're doing cloud better then Xbox
GOTY contender every year
and they only gon get madder :umad:
 

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:mjlol: This shyt about to be hilarious a lot bruhs. About to be going into overtime defending these handhelds next gen.
 
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