Should Sony get back into the handheld game?

[Koba St]

A lot of people shyt on the PSP and the Vita but they were actually pretty successful in their own right selling a combined 100million plus which is no easy feat. Obviously a lot of mistakes were made but overall I liked them.

The Switch has shown there’s still a demand for handheld gaming and I wish they would come back, learn from their mistakes etc and give it another go.

 

[the_FUTURE]

they could, but I think they rather focus on VR. And besides, they're kinda in the streaming market so you'll probably be able to properly stream a lot of their games on any device soon enough.

 

[SmallWars]

Sure they can jump back in the ring. And get knocked the fukk out again.

 

[Fatboi1]

I think they don't need to anymore. At this point streaming tech is getting better and better so people can just use their phones to stream the game and Sony could just simply provide accessories to make the game play better.

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

Mobile gaming and streaming took over that lane

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

Can't fukk with cell phone games where the buttons and D-Pad are on the touch screen.



A handheld with PS5 graphics in 4k running at 60fps.



Shieeeet I'd cop.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

Nope. PSP did ok. They shot themselves in the foot with the Vita. The cost of the proprietary memory cards for fukked them over. By the time they fixed it was too late.

Developers weren't going to develop for a small install base.

 

[DragonKnight]

Handhelds are dead thanks to cell phones

 

[Kingshango]

The PSP was fortunate to come out pre smartphone era, at that time it was like

The Vita came out when damn near everybody owns a smartphone so everyone was like and continued to play Candy Crush.

 

[Diondon]

I don't think it would work in this climate but I do hate cellphone gaming

 

[parallax]

Nope. PSP did ok. They shot themselves in the foot with the Vita. The cost of the proprietary memory cards for fukked them over. By the time they fixed it was too late.

Developers weren't going to develop for a small install base.

They never corrected the cards. They dropped major support for the Vita in the states before it could be a real issue. Sony really fukked up

The PSP was fortunate to come out pre smartphone era, at that time it was like

The Vita came out when damn near everybody owns a smartphone so everyone was like and continued to play Candy Crush.

But the 3ds thrived though. Through multiple variations.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

True. There's a mod that converts normal memory cards to the Sony format.

They never corrected the cards. They dropped major support for the Vita in the states before it could be a real issue. Sony really fukked up



But the 3ds thrived though. Through multiple variations.

But yeah you're right

 

[humminbird]

if they make the controller the console maybe.

 

[Pimp]

Can't fukk with cell phone games where the buttons and D-Pad are on the touch screen.



A handheld with PS5 graphics in 4k running at 60fps.



Shieeeet I'd cop.

You can connect dual shock 4 to your phone man. It's 2020..

 

[Just like bruddas]

Oprah no gif