Sony Going Disc-Less Could Be a Part of a Larger Strategy for the PlayStation 6 Being a Portable Device to Go “Beyond the Living Room”

[Peter_Brosdahl]

A revisit to a recent Q&A interview with Sony President and CEO Hideaki Nishino provides a new perspective regarding what the company’s goals may be with PlayStation 6. The Q&A between The Verge and the Sony exec originally appeared to be a somewhat cut-and-dried piece, but upon re-examining Sony’s answers, it looks as if there […]

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[Skillz]

Following Nintendo?

 

[DrezKill]

I wouldn't mind them trying again with a handheld. I got a lot of use out of my soft-modded PSP, and I've been trying to get my hands on a PS Vita for years. A friend of mine is gonna sell me one he soft-modded himself.

Following Nintendo?

Yeah I'm wondering if they're gonna do something similar to the Switch 1 and 2 and have a handheld system that can be docked and played like a home console. It's hard to imagine them going that route exclusively cuz that would be a limitation on the hardware power of the PS6. Switch is more powerful than the 7th-gen consoles (PS3, X360, and even though Wii U is 8th-gen it's basically 7th-gen-class, with a better GPU but worse CPU), but it doesn't match base XB1 let alone base PS4. Switch 2 only catches them up to around base PS2 levels of performance. I don't see Sony crippling the PS6 that way. Maybe what they will do is have the PS6 home console, a weaker handheld that is still PS6-based, and then you can play your PS6 games on either console. Similar to XBSX with XBSS, but if XBSS was a handheld console.

 

[Uvilla]

The great streaming conspiracy.

When the AI bubble bursts all them data centers will become streaming gaming centers as Sony buys them at fire sale prices.

 

[SeymourGore]

Yeah, I'd be interested in a hybrid console too. The Switch 2 has been alright for me, but I've been disappointed by the quality of their 3rd party games compared to PS5 and PC.

Recent example would be Trails in the Sky Ch1 - currently on sale for Switch 2 (and Playstation), and it performs solidly enough (60fps), but the game has this weird 'shimmering' anti-aliasing and a softer image that I find really distracting. PS5 and PC both look and perform rock solid in comparison. I'd love to use the portability of the Switch 2 for XP/material grinding or a quick play before bed, however I don't want to deal with that dog *** image on a big screen.

If Sony made a rival hybrid console and next-gen PSSR offered decent upscaling/60fps performance - I'd be all over that.