So we have Shuhei Yoshida who can't hide his love for portables.
Sony are now dedicated to making PC ports of there games. We have the already announced and released games for PC but there was also a Nvidia leak with more games such as Gran Turismo 7, Horizon 2, Returnal and Demons Souls. Sony also went onto aquire Nixxes who specialise in PC ports. So we can see that they are serious about PC ports going forward. We also had Jim Ryan state he wishes Sony wasn't so restricted with the target audience and platforms.
This leads to Japan market where Switch is killing it and PS5 isn't doing too hot right now in Japan. We know Japan market has moved away from consoles.
So why get into making a dedicated portable instead of letting Valve sell Steam Deck. Well this is totally from a business and marketing perspective. Sony can release there own PC Store running on Linux, using the same compatibility layer as Steam Deck. Except they would have more control, they can ensure every single game is 100 percent compatible with PSP2. They can add cloud saves with PS5. Cross buy or at the least Cross Discount with PS5. Trophy support and etc. The form factor can be more like GPD Win 3 which is more portable. Every game would require pre determined settings that can work with PSP2 on the store with no weird splash screen or launcher. Of course you can change settings if you want as well as install Steam or any other store as it's still a Linux PC. Sony can probably mass produce more than Valve, have more marketing muscle and etc. The drawback of course like Epic they will have to start from scratch with the store, they can at the least try get some games to have cross buy, trophy and cross save support to get the ball rolling. In terms of a business perspective Sony will be able to make money without giving a cut to Valve. Of course like Microsoft they can still continue to release games on Steam this would just be another option.
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They can also have PS1, PSP, Vita emulator
Sony are now dedicated to making PC ports of there games. We have the already announced and released games for PC but there was also a Nvidia leak with more games such as Gran Turismo 7, Horizon 2, Returnal and Demons Souls. Sony also went onto aquire Nixxes who specialise in PC ports. So we can see that they are serious about PC ports going forward. We also had Jim Ryan state he wishes Sony wasn't so restricted with the target audience and platforms.
This leads to Japan market where Switch is killing it and PS5 isn't doing too hot right now in Japan. We know Japan market has moved away from consoles.
So why get into making a dedicated portable instead of letting Valve sell Steam Deck. Well this is totally from a business and marketing perspective. Sony can release there own PC Store running on Linux, using the same compatibility layer as Steam Deck. Except they would have more control, they can ensure every single game is 100 percent compatible with PSP2. They can add cloud saves with PS5. Cross buy or at the least Cross Discount with PS5. Trophy support and etc. The form factor can be more like GPD Win 3 which is more portable. Every game would require pre determined settings that can work with PSP2 on the store with no weird splash screen or launcher. Of course you can change settings if you want as well as install Steam or any other store as it's still a Linux PC. Sony can probably mass produce more than Valve, have more marketing muscle and etc. The drawback of course like Epic they will have to start from scratch with the store, they can at the least try get some games to have cross buy, trophy and cross save support to get the ball rolling. In terms of a business perspective Sony will be able to make money without giving a cut to Valve. Of course like Microsoft they can still continue to release games on Steam this would just be another option.
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They can also have PS1, PSP, Vita emulator
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