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[FalsettoVibe]

https://www.theverge.com/23677968/sony-cloud-gaming-playstation-now-jobs-patents

With this the rumored handheld is making a bit more sense.

 

[Trogdor1123]

you think they might have learned about it by now

 

[Spyxos]

If the technology is good why not?

 

[hemo memo]

Talk about stupidity. Focus on emulating your older titles and making the library of must have titles available for download/buy on your service. Push that. Subscription is where gaming will go. Haven’t we learn from Stadia that cloud is failed idea?

 

[SlimySnake]

Sigh, with all the PC, subscription, GaaS focus, this is just another layer of stupidity that didnt pan out for MS. I dont know why they think they can succeed where MS failed.

Everyone thought mobile was the next frontier. Look at how that turned out.

Focus on making games for the few users who are willing to pay $500 for your console. Not the people who wont even buy one.

 

[Robb]

 

[Beastclaw Raider]

If it's for the rumored handheld with a decent MSRP and cloud gaming from your ps5 titles, it COULD be interesting, if not meh

 

[Rubik8]

If the technology is good why not?

Well it hasn’t been so far, but keep trying I guess.

 

[Spyxos]

Well it hasn’t been so far, but keep trying I guess.

Geforce Now is extremely good. And that already today.

 

[UnNamed]

It shoud be very cheap to be successfull. Anything over 100€ is DOA, but even less than 100€ is a risk.

 

[Topher]

Geforce Now is extremely good. And that already today.

Yeah, GFN is the best in the biz right now.

 

[Banjo64]

Out of touch, as is every company focusing on cloud and cloud related hardware. VR and this handheld combined won’t sell as much as the Vita did.

 

[feynoob]

GHG
Sorry man. Sony is betraying you buddy. They are on bed with MS.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Sony is slowly losing focus. ActiBlizz deal, cloud gaming, GaaS push. It´s gonna fuck them up big time.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Well, before doing so i'd expect them to fix this first since it's been 2 friggin' years for crying out loud...

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Sony is slowly losing focus. ActiBlizz deal, cloud gaming, GaaS push. It´s gonna fuck them up big time.

when do you think this is going to happen?

 

[Rubik8]

Sony is slowly losing focus. ActiBlizz deal, cloud gaming, GaaS push. It´s gonna fuck them up big time.

Yeah it’s not like Sony hasn’t run a highly successful gaming business for the last 25 years. They should come to Neogaf to figure out what they should and shouldn’t be doing.

 

[IntentionalPun]

Another wet fart like pretty much all cloud gaming at this point from a business perspective.

I'm not sure why anyone like Sony needs to spend big right now.. they have much of the best selling game content. When/if consumers actually start buying in en masse, they can just do a marketing push for their existing service and add more content to it.

Let MS/Amazon waste money trying to get it to take off for another decade of nobody caring lol

 

[adamsapple]

Push into cloud is not bad, but the rumor that their next handheld is ONLY going to be a remote play device .. that's dumb.

 

[Luipadre]

Oh god... how about a showcase with upcoming PS5 games sony?

 

[GHG]

GHG
Sorry man. Sony is betraying you buddy. They are on bed with MS.

Don't give a fuck, as always I'll only purchase the products from them that I deem to be quality and/or worth my time.

If not then they don't get my money, just like any other company, it's quite simple really.

 

[hemo memo]

Yeah it’s not like Sony hasn’t run a highly successful gaming business for the last 25 years. They should come to Neogaf to figure out what they should and shouldn’t be doing.

They have their fare share of stupid fuck ups. This one is another one coming.

 

[Hobbygaming]

If this starts affecting SP Sony games, as in you need an internet connection to play most SP games then my days of gaming will be coming to an end

I will believe it when I see it though

 

[feynoob]

Stadia showed us that you can sell games through a cloud service.
That is the future of gaming, whether you like it or not.
These companies aren't going to waste billions of dollars selling consoles, when there is a free software app which people can use it on their TV and computers. That option is cheaper and cost less than consoles.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Out of touch, as is every company focusing on cloud and cloud related hardware. VR and this handheld combined won’t sell as much as the Vita did.

I sure as fuck won't be buying another Sony handheld after they dropped Vita support like a hot potato.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Yeah it’s not like Sony hasn’t run a highly successful gaming business for the last 25 years. They should come to Neogaf to figure out what they should and shouldn’t be doing.

All good things must come to an end.

 

[analog_future]

I adore my Logitech G Cloud and prefer it to the Steam Deck, so I'm open to the idea of a streaming Playstation handheld.

I think this is a solid idea, but the price is going to have to be right, particularly if only Playstation streaming will be allowed (and not xCloud, Xbox Remote Play, Geforce Now, Luna, etc.. etc.. like the G Cloud and other devices).

 

[Mr Hyde]

when do you think this is going to happen?

17th of August, 2025 at approximately 13:14.

 

[GHG]

I adore my Logitech G Cloud and prefer it to the Steam Deck, so I'm open to the idea of a streaming Playstation handheld.

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[Helghan]

They should come to Neogaf to figure out what they should and shouldn’t be doing.

No need, they basically do whatever Microsoft does

 

[Sleepwalker]

$100 with oled screen or no buy.


It's gonna be like $300 and DOA tho, maybe the 1 guy with a logitech cloud will buy it

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

17th of August, 2025 at approximately 13:14.

wow.

 

[Chukhopops]

I’m really curious if they’ll go BYOG like GeForce Now or with a catalog like xCloud, and whether they roll it as part of Premium only.

Also even as someone who uses Cloud gaming quite a bit I would never consider buying a dedicated machine for it, it feels entirely unnecessary.

 

[analog_future]

This is why we can't have nice things.

I realize I'm a niche customer, but I only use my handheld in-home, and solely use it for in-home remote play. So frankly I'd much rather play my single player games at 1440p-4k/60fps via Remote Play from either my Series X or PS5 than natively rendering the game at sub 1080p resolutions at low settings with FPS fluctuations which is what you're going to get with many games on the Deck. In-home image quality is fantastic and latency is super low.

Plus the Cloud is way lighter, way quieter, way smaller, has way better battery life, and has a higher resolution screen.

Like, we've all seen what games like The Last of Us look like on a Deck. I infinitely prefer PS5 in-home remote play on my G Cloud vs locally rendering it in that case, and most other cases.

All power to anyone that loves the Steam Deck though, of course.

 

[skyfall]

This is the future love it or hate it, it's better for these companies to start investing in the cloud now so they don't get left in the dust later

And honestly it;s pretty cool to just open up a browser, go to xbox.com and click play to start playing a game wherever from the cloud

 

[aries_71]

Come on, guys. We all know cloud is the future, every company has to start moving towards it. If you try GeForce Now you would be surprised how well it works. Casuals won’t even be able to tell the difference.

 

[feynoob]

This is why we can't have nice things.

People who have money ruins nice things for us.

 

[Flutta]

Keep focusing on the wrong things Sony….you might wake up one day

 

[Tripolygon]

No need, they basically do whatever Microsoft does

Except be one of the most successful video game company that's had the longest running cloud gaming service for over 10 years now. What's next you're gonna say PSVR is also what Microsoft is doing?

 

[gothmog]

It's nice to see some movement. They have these PS+ tiers so it would be good to actually refine the tiering. I'm very curious how they get the rumored handheld and PSVR headsets involved. I'd actually pay top tier dollars for a sub that included VR and handheld titles.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

is this all connected?...i think yes

 

[DeepEnigma]

Except be one of the most successful video game company that's had the longest running cloud gaming service for over 10 years now. What's next you're gonna say PSVR is also what Microsoft is doing?

Some will when xVR comes out.

 

[Robins]

I think some of you are forgetting Sony has done cloud gaming since the PS3....

 

[DrFigs]

Yeah it’s not like Sony hasn’t run a highly successful gaming business for the last 25 years. They should come to Neogaf to figure out what they should and shouldn’t be doing.

Not under the current leadership it hasn't. And not with this confused strategy.

 

[T-Cake]

I think some of you are forgetting Sony has done cloud gaming since the PS3....

And it's actually not bad at all. The resolution/image quality is much better than what Xbox offer. I even played Killzone 2 over it and that game itself is a lag fest.

 

[Guerilla Munch]

Just release a fucking handheld as powerful as PS4. Nobody wants a streaming only handheld. Everyone already has a 4K 5G OLED phone that can do remote play.

Meanwhile Nintendo will release Switch 2, and it will be as powerful as 3 GameCubes instead of 2, and they will sell 150 million of them.

 

[GHG]

I realize I'm a niche customer, but I only use my handheld in-home, and solely use it for in-home remote play. So frankly I'd much rather play my single player games at 1440p-4k/60fps via Remote Play from either my Series X or PS5 than natively rendering the game at sub 1080p resolutions with FPS fluctuations which is what you're going to get with many games on the Deck. Plus the Cloud is way lighter, way quieter, has way better battery life, and has a higher resolution screen.

Like, we've all seen what games like The Last of Us look like on a Deck. I infinitely prefer PS5 in-home remote play on my G Cloud vs locally rendering it in that case, and most other cases.

All power to anyone that loves the Steam Deck though, of course.

I've used in home streaming before, a lot. While it's a nice option to have it's still not as good as a native experience. Even if we ignore latency which has an impact on gameplay (looking back it's a miracle that I played through the entirety of Sekiro via steam in-home streaming), the image quality is degraded from the source.

I wouldn't even attempt to use the Steam Deck to play the latest games, that's not where it shines, I can just use my PC, laptop or PS5 for that. Each to their own though of course.

 

[TGO]

Sony coming in with a Cloud Handheld while porting games that can be played on Steam Deck.
I can already hear the familiar sound of how this ends.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Everyone thought mobile was the next frontier. Look at how that turned out

It turned out that they were correct and mobile is now bigger than the rest of the industry combined

 

[In Cold Blood]

So from a tech point of view, how would PS stream PS5 titles?
We see MS sending millions of XSX APUs to put in server racks for Xcloud, so.wouldnt Sony need to do something similar? As far.as.we.know, they haven't been doing this?