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This Sony handheld device patent looks familiar
- Thread starter ponpo
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Lol
Nintendo got trounced in the console market multiple times and they keep trying right?
Disagree Guy
Member
I concur.
If this was a seperate machine capable of running full PS4 games - I'd probably buy it so the wife can watch her shit while I play. The VITA never seems to work for me.
If this is some sort of gimmick for PS5 - I'm all for it too.
Part of me thinks they are just patenting it because the Switch is out soon and they are hedging their bets just in case it's a huge success.
Shu has access to a time travel machine?!
On the other hand it looks very comfortable to hold which is more inportant in my view.
Octavianus
Banned
what if this is the ps5 guys
LordOcidax
Member
This looks like a old Nintendo design hardware (Ugly AF) and the Switch looks like a Sony modern design hardware.... Humm, Cant wait to see the Microsoft version (If The Switch is a success)
Disagree Guy
Member
I'm guessing it would be a PS4 Portable. It would have access to PS4P "enhanced" games, and probably PS4's entire indie catalog with zero concessions. That would be an interesting move on Sony's part.
I mean, Sony shamelessly ripped off the Wii. Remember that shitty E3 when they tried to appeal to casual audiences? I still have nightmares about Wonderbook.
Sony already set the precedent for games running at different settings for different hardware. Who says they can't make games run worse to run on a portable?
They also have PlayStation Now and Remote Play technology. Remote Play is almost seamless, and with a few upgrades (and PS4 games) PlayStation Now could be a killer app for this sort of hardware.
Shu not only an expert in destroying studios and cancelling games but also master at stealing ideas right under the noses of his competitors. Sad!
theaffection
Member
A Sony mole infiltrated Nintendo while they were toying around with the idea of Switch and came back with this patent 👀👀👀
Sidewinder
Member
Love my Vita, but I'm gonna buy a Switch as soon as it hits a decent price point.
If Sony wants to make a Vita 2 they should not wait too long to announce, cause I won't buy two handhelds!!1
If Sony wants to make a Vita 2 they should not wait too long to announce, cause I won't buy two handhelds!!1
Now Sony is copying Nintendo's stuff almost 2 years before it's even announced?
Sad.
Nikodemos
Member
The only way Sony could make a splash in the handheld space, now that Switch is almost upon us, is to go extreme bottom feeder with a cheap low-end indie/pervy-animu machine. Something powered by either the Qualcomm 650 series or the Rockchip RK3399, coming in at just a bit over half of what Nintendo are demanding.
Because those games use an 8-core Jaguar CPU regardless and you can't use that configuration in even a tablet that size.
Plus even from a GPU perspective the difference between Switch portable and Switch docked is 2.5. That's largely to go from 720p to 1080p.
If you divide the 1.8TFlops of the PS4 by 2.5 you get 720GFlops which is almost twice as powerful as the Switch is when docked. There's no battery powered GPU that powerful.
Disagree Guy
Member
You say that but you are about to buy a switch having already owned a Vita so you will buy two handhelds
Just face it. They already control your every move!
lmao that and copy dance in the background is too perfect 😁 😀 😁 😂 😂
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Switch is a portable device confirmed by Gum-Shu.
*StrongbadGeddupNoise.wav*
Noisepurge
Member
and it would cost 799$?
it's nice to want things.But seriously, just buy a Vita. There, boom, portable PS4.
runnin_blue
Banned
LifeBrandRobot
Member
I don't hate that name lol.
That's why the Nintendo Switch is a hybrid.
Collecting evidence for the lawsuit, smart.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
Member
The next Xperia Tablet i see
You said it yourself. Years later. Sony has a lack of confidence in certain ideas so they won't do it until someone else proves it might be successful. On that score they deserve the label of being a copycat, better than an "afraidy" cat.
Yep the one invented by Nintendo obviously.
Holy shit, lmao.
brunomartynhak
Member
This name is not getting enough praise.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
I want an Xperia Play 2. Would actually work perfectly with the detatchable controllers concept. If Sony ever wants to give a PlayStation Phone concept a real go, that's the way to do it.
The switch is ~160 GFLOPS undocked.
...I like the name PlayStation Shift.
Also, being a copycat ain't too bad if the result is good. If the Switch turns out to be awesome, and more console manufacturers follow suit, I can't say I'd be upset about it.
Demon's Souls was great, and from that we got Dark Souls, Bloddborne, and Nioh, to name only a few quality Soulslike games. I can't complain about it, personally.
I'm not terribly interested in a hybrid console/handheld, but I always want competition among the console manufacturers. I don't want them getting all comfortable and complacent.
This patent looks like a tablet hybrid of sorts. Just give me a Vita 2 already, Sony!!
Also, being a copycat ain't too bad if the result is good. If the Switch turns out to be awesome, and more console manufacturers follow suit, I can't say I'd be upset about it.
Demon's Souls was great, and from that we got Dark Souls, Bloddborne, and Nioh, to name only a few quality Soulslike games. I can't complain about it, personally.
I'm not terribly interested in a hybrid console/handheld, but I always want competition among the console manufacturers. I don't want them getting all comfortable and complacent.
This patent looks like a tablet hybrid of sorts. Just give me a Vita 2 already, Sony!!
FrozenCell
Member
hurray for proper dpad & analogue triggers!
Not surprised, I could see Sony jumping in again if the Switch looks remotely successful.
I'll buy it again provided it's not full of b teams making their own versions of AAA games.
If it was a ps4 in portable form, able to run all my digital purchases I'd jump in right away.
Yes I'm aware PS4 in portable form just isn't feasible at this point, but this thing isn't going to release this year is it? In 18 months who's to say we can't have equivalent spec, with reasonable battery life.
I'll buy it again provided it's not full of b teams making their own versions of AAA games.
If it was a ps4 in portable form, able to run all my digital purchases I'd jump in right away.
Yes I'm aware PS4 in portable form just isn't feasible at this point, but this thing isn't going to release this year is it? In 18 months who's to say we can't have equivalent spec, with reasonable battery life.
