Maybe they’ll release one more, maybe, but I think that’s it after that. Gears of War on Playstation was already a strong indicator, but this seals it imo.
Maybe they’ll release one more, maybe, but I think that’s it after that. Gears of War on Playstation was already a strong indicator, but this seals it imo.
They never managed to beat Sony in sales in a single generation. They had a lead briefly with the 360 in America, but by the end of the generation a PS3 was such a good value bluray player it caught back up.
Its not surprising is my point. I really hope Sony get back into the handheld market. Right now we’re looking at a duopoly in console manufacturing that doesn’t even need to directly compete with each other.
Where did I put my PS Vita I need to lovingly admire it
We definitely don’t need any more locked down systems, just get one of the many PC handhelds.
I liked the Vita too, but having to buy those ridiculously expensive memory cards was some bullshit.
PC handhelds are way too large. I’d be hoping they stick to the small vita form factor, even though I know it’ll be tablet sized
Those PC handhelds felt like the final nail in the coffin for traditional handheld gaming. Big honking things playing full-fat console games is just how it is now
I dont mind the new handhelds being huge…but now that you are talking about it I would love a small pc handheld for indies like Spelunky, Vampire Survivors etc. Basically a cheap pure indie machine. That actually sounds like it could be cool . Wouldnt even need a lot of drive space on it since you arent going to run Call of Duty with it.
There’s an app called PortMaster that can be used to run ports of PC games on Linux handhelds. Weaker hardware like the cheapest Anbernic handhelds aren’t going to run everything, but there’s still a decent selection of games. https://portmaster.games/
This is what I want basically. A small device that gets ports of games that’ll run on lower end hardware.
There were rumors of the next Playstation being a hybrid console like the Switch, but the handheld part would probably be a huge slab. It does make me wonder how small you could make a console based on a x64 APU, thermals would probably be a major barrier.