I honestly don't know how this is supposed to succeed unless it's literally a handheld PS4, and even then, the market for that over a Steam Deck is likely minuscule.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even if it's a handheld PS4, if it can't play any latest PS5 games, then Sony would need to support it with games made specifically for it, and I don't think they give enough output to support two systems.

Steam Deck is supported by the huge steam library, so difficult to compete with it without good first party support.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If a game is low spec enough to run on a PS4, it typically has a PS4 version as far as I can tell, but maybe there are exceptions I haven't kept up with. And in order to have a handheld PlayStation that doesn't require its own versions of games like the Vita and PSP did in the past, the best they can really hope for is a PS4. That's why this problem seems insurmountable unless they go the PC route like everyone else.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I wasn't talking about 3rd party, there are enough of them that will run on a PS4 level hardware as long as we don't count new AAA. Problem is first party games. If there are no first party games, then on what basis can it compete with Steam Deck or upcoming Switch 2?

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Steam Deck User base: "This shit doesn't even play Duke 3D or neogeo" toss

Sony don't get that the entire reason I like my Deck is that it's a swiss-army-knife for gaming.

Unless Sony is competing with a Windows or Linux x64 SBC like Valve, Asus and MSI did, it ain't happening. It will then be a product not for us, but for mainline Sony fans, when it could be for both.

buuuut it won't be.