Time to watch them fuck up another handheld.
The vita could’ve been so successful if Sony wasn’t braindead
New PlayStation Portable report backed by Digital Foundry
Submitted 5 months ago by heimy@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
https://www.gamescensor.com/new-playstation-portable-report-backed-by-digital-foundry/
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secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Nikls94@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They could just release it today with added L/R 2+3 buttons and, even without a game card slot and only an SD slot, it would just fly off the shelves.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It was a better looking device too. I would buy a vita right now if it played even just a fraction of the PS5 library and streamed the rest. I gave serious thought to buying one and modding it for retro games. I have never once considered the portal and I’ve had every PlayStation console except the first PS1 and their VR stuff.
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
The Vita was suck a nice piece of hardware. I don’t understand why just flat out ghosted their own product like they did.
Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If it’s backwards compatible with PSP, Vita, PS1, then I’m down. Otherwise, meh.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Sony
Backwards compatible
Chortles
Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 5 months ago
From the sound of it, it will just use PS5 OS. So probably not. But every system after PS1 other than the PS4 has had some sort of backwards compatibility.
NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Besides access to console-exclusive titles, what does this thing do better than a Steam Deck? The fact that it requires an internet connection to be useful is an instant turn off.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 months ago
What console exclusives are there these days?
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Sony and Nintendo are the only ones still doing console exclusives. Sony only cherry pick what they release elsewhere. Even if this handheld doesn’t have specific exclusives for it itself (if it is for playing games you can play on ps4/5 and nothing else) it still has value in the sense that it’s still a handheld and can be played anywhere rather than triggered to a tv or monitor.
NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 5 months ago
OK so…there’s no reason to buy this thing? Got it
jeeva@lemmy.world 5 months ago
For what it’s worth, the posted article isn’t talking about the Portal - actually talking about a theoretical unconfirmed new handheld.
NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yeah…I was confused. My bad.
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Where has it been stuff that it has to always be online?
NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It has to wirelessly connect to a ps5 to play games
PeachMan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Sounds like it’s not a real thing yet, in my opinion. Companies as big as Sony are always “exploring” new products, that doesn’t mean they’ll be real. For the record, I love my Steam Deck, and I hope the portable market expands. But this isn’t real news, IMO.