Burundi reporting This morning it was revealed that Sony is working on a portable version of the PlayStation 5. Portable Xbox in developmentof course ahead of the upcoming Switch 2 release.
those talking shadows Burundi Suggesting it’s “aimed at expanding Sony’s reach and competing with Nintendo”, though like Microsoft’s portable machine it’s still “a few years away” and clearly so early, it could still end up being scrapped Hardware Gallery. But hey, Sony isn’t without precedent when it comes to mobile gaming – the PSP is still beloved a decade after it was officially discontinued.
Nintendo’s success with the Switch cannot be overstated. March of this year It is reported Since its launch in 2017, Nintendo’s handheld console has sold more than 141 million units, surpassing total PS4 sales, indicating that the hybrid console/handheld market is booming. Huge. It’s no wonder both major rivals are snooping in this space, especially with Nintendo jumping straight into the Switch’s second generation rather than returning to a more permanent breathing box.
Of course, Sony and Microsoft are still “years” away from releasing anything, which also shows how slowly these gears are moving, and seems unlikely considering current phones are capable of playing some current console games. When any company manages to ship one, everyone doesn’t have a super-powerful portable gaming system in their pocket by default.
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Of course, Sony has already succeeded in this regard. PlayStation Portala handheld device that can stream games from PS5, just announced major improvements to the device this month This will allow you to stream some games from the cloudrather than running them simultaneously on the console. Guess what! Microsoft just rolled out the exact same option for Xbox gamesalbeit on any device running a browser rather than a custom peripheral. this The streaming wars have begun!
However, Burundi The story suggests that Portal was originally intended to be a completely standalone handheld device, suggesting Sony was having serious difficulty achieving that goal. There’s a reason the PS5 is the size of a small building and not pretty. Of course, in a few years this type of technology may be small enough for handheld devices, but by then the expectation for graphics will be realistic 5D liquid pixels and we’ll be back to where we are now.
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