Sony Talk and News

[McDoob]

Portability and convenience are the one and only aspects that something like the Switch has over PC gaming anymore (Steam deck aside), while the PS5 and whatever XBox iteration we're on at this point have become completely obsolete to me.

That said, I doubt they'll manage to hit the sweet spot of price and quality that they'd need to hit to justify that endeavor, given the competition they're up against and especially given their recent corporate history.

Going to be extremely hard in today's environment to succeed, with the Switch 2, Steamdeck, and countless of handhelds out of China that can play/stream PC games, where the best games are no longer mainly console exclusives.

This is the issue. With the proliferation of handheld PCs from the likes of Valve, Asus, etc, Sony is going to have an uphill battle trying to get another PSP into the market. Especially with their reputation for poor performance in this area.

I don't know how they got this reputation, though. I really enjoyed my PSP when I had one. I'd cracked it so I could run homebrew, and I had a ton of fun with on-the-go emulation. Even now, I find I'm emulating the PSP pretty regularly. However, I have absolutely no experience with the Vita, and can't emulate it.

-McD

 

[Graw]

So another arm powered device that's going to essentially be a souped up smartphone with a built in controller and some special firmware ensuring you only use the device to play games sony allows you to play on it? Yup, the world sure needs yet another specialized handheld arm device for playing games.

 

[thanonyx]

My message to Sony,

 

[Moreno909]

It's the path the market is going. Table console are become a redudant and losing to PC competition. Handhels are cheaper and pretty powerful nowadays

 

[Duke_11037]

I’ve been through this song and dance many a time. I’ll only take this discourse seriously if there’s an official announcement.

Fr I swear they say this crap every couple years then don't do shit. I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Let's hope they learned their lesson about treating VITA's publicity as an afterthough and mind people that actually would like RPG's

 

[Bonkers225]

This is the issue. With the proliferation of handheld PCs from the likes of Valve, Asus, etc, Sony is going to have an uphill battle trying to get another PSP into the market. Especially with their reputation for poor performance in this area.

I don't know how they got this reputation, though. I really enjoyed my PSP when I had one. I'd cracked it so I could run homebrew, and I had a ton of fun with on-the-go emulation. Even now, I find I'm emulating the PSP pretty regularly. However, I have absolutely no experience with the Vita, and can't emulate it.

-McD

They got this reputation from the Vita. They dropped first party support for it fairly quickly, and it just became a dumping ground for mainly cheap looking, sometimes perverted Japanese RPG dungeon games.

 

[Adrastia]

People will just move to PC, its already a movement now then it was 10 years ago. We are a point where people arent buying these things day one anymore.

I have literally no reason to buy a console that expensive when I can just save for a new PC instead. Eventually there's gotta be a breaking point. I don't think we'll be seeing a Playstation 12 in the far off future.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I would never pay that amount for anything, let alone a freaking console.

 

[HyperTurboFox]

I'm not gonna to be shocked.

 

[dany28]

Now everything is slowly getting ready In my opinion the second best console after the Playstation 2 is discontinued . Thank you for everything playstation 4!

 

[OrpheusT-ELOS]

The PS4 still is my main way to play modern games because the PS5's price is ridiculous here with no price drops and while i'm still interested in Switch 2, that price in games is not attractive at all

 

[nobitakun]

PS5 half way? I think it is almost ready to be replaced...next year rumours will start about PS6 and in 2027 PS6 will be launched. If they do their homework, PS6 isn't going to cost even what PS5 Pro cost at launch, and the reason is simple: the console will be 4K the same. PS5 came out too early for the 2160p gaming so it had to be too expensive, but with 2026 technology they can create an "affordable" 4K console that can even be more powerful than PS5 Pro, because that's how it works. You need to think that in 2027 there will be ARM SoCs that will be as powerful as a regular PS5.

 

[Iguana-0]

End of an era boys... And girls... Also... Xbox 360 is now officially 20 years old this year.

 

[MadzombieBane]

wow i’m getting old lol

 

[DunkeyKong]

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

End of an era boys... And girls... Also... Xbox 360 is now officially 20 years old this year.

 

[Antilocal123]

What was that 4?! I still wanted to play on my station!

I’m here all day guys.

 

[YuriSukiSan]

 

[Don Patch]

Wild, because peeps are still making games for it .
Great lil machine, tho. Easy to mod (with the proper firmware)

 

[albrown267]

I still have yet to get Gravity Rush and that iDOLM@STER game that was only region locked there. Expect scalpers to increase the prices for the recent games that made for the PS4 in the last few years.

Only consolation is that most of these games are ported to the PC.

 

[Skeleben]

Crazy to think we might see a PlayStation 6 one day...

PS4 was a gem. It's social features were probably my favourite aspect. My mates and I have moved to Discord these days, but our friendship was forged in those 3AM deep and meaningful conversations while aimlessly driving around Los Santos in GTA V

 

[dany28]

I read that Sony plans to release its Playstation 6 in 2027. Whether this is safe now is probably not yet clear but it would fit. I think the price of the console will probably decide its future. Let us be surprised by what will happen in the next few years.

 

[Chairy]

hopefully not it would be too son in my opinion

 

[BanzaiBill]

I Hope not too. PS5 still has good hardware and seeing what's happening with Switch 2 prices, it would probably be a bad idea.