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If you ask me, the fact that it requires a PS5 makes it a non starter. I was really hoping for a standalone handheld, maybe not as powerful as the PS5, but something to compete with the Switch and Steam Deck. Like the PSP was a less powerful PS2 but still a standalone handheld providing a console like experience. Or even a phone handheld, the N-Gage was ahead of its time!
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personally, i can see the appeal of the device as someone who frequently shares a tv with others, but sony’s decision to limit its capabilities to streaming only places it squarely in a “niche product” category.
And because it’s a Sony product there is no chance they will allow people to find a way for it to run apps on its own. This device is going to be permanently handicapped compared to other handhelds.
I’m not sure who this device is for. It is very limited to PS5 owners or those wanting to use Sony’s cloud streaming, which is behind Microsoft right now. It will have to be cheap for it to be worth it compared to just getting a controller mount or an attachable controller for your phone. Your phone will have the same ability to stream to it, on top of having the general increased usability of a phone.
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The psp is the tenth best selling console of all time, and half the list above it is just Sony consoles which have dominated 3 of the 4 previous generations, it was plenty popular. The vita though…yeah no.
I think the PS Vita tried to overreach, and priced itself out of relevance. I feel like I had a lot more fun with my PSP than my Vita, even ignoring the cost, and I think that’s because it had weird features that developers didn’t know how to use properly, and Sony seemed to incentivize devs to use them for any game that was made for it.
I think the vita was fine at the price it was, the problem was the $129 64gb memory cards when you could throw a 64gb SD card in your 3ds for like $20 and just how quickly Sony completely gave up on supporting it. Past the first year or so Sony basically washed their hands entirely of the system.
I can bring a steam deck or a switch anywhere I want with me. Being tied to a ps5 doesn’t sound very flexible which reduces the utility
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I still love my Wii U. Now that the system is largely dead I rooted it and use it as a fantastic home emulator. That said, the tablet’s cost was rolled into the cost of the system. I stream my Xbox series X sometimes to my iPhone or my iPad and I use a 15 dollar phone mount for that. Project Q looks really slick but I already have a ton of HD screens I can use without incurring another cost. I see it being a niche product for that reason
I just hope they don’t use it as an excuse to kill off PS Remote Play.
I quite like being able to play PS5 games on my Retroid Pocket 3+.
I feel like it’s got to just be an Android device with the app loaded, right? I mean, what else could it be? Sony has shown almost no interest in doing anything with the remote play stuff outside of releasing that App on Android and the PC client. There’s not even a way to do their cloud streaming from mobile.
If it’s dirt cheap I might pick one up. I love the portability of my switch, and have a ps5. If it’s the price of a switch and doesn’t run anything standalone it’s probably DOA.
In a certain way this feels like Sega of the 90s decided to make an add-on for the PS5 after playing a whole bunch of WiiU.
It’s not a deal-breaker for me, since I already own a PS5 and I was already looking to stream those games to my computer anyhow, but haven’t got it set up well yet. There’s some weird audio stuff going on, at least.
I am also not interested in buying handheld-only games for another underpowered system, so it’s fine that it streams them from a powerful device instead. If they manage to get the battery life good enough, I’m going to seriously consider it… But not at launch.
If you don’t mind me asking, whats a streaming to another monitor/tv setup like? Controllers are already wireless so i was wondering if itd possible t9 setup streaming via ip or do we need some hdmi/display port based streamong hw?
