The PlayStation Vita is one of the best handheld games consoles ever made so when news started circulating that Sony was working on a new handheld device we all started to get excited.
Then they announced Project Q. A remote play only device that MUST be tethered to a PlayStation 5 essentially making it a very expensive DualSense that’s been sliced in half and had a screen glued to it. Prices are rumoured to be in the £250 - £300 range for a device that can’t play a single game on its own. There are suggestions it will eventually be able to stream games from the cloud but this isn’t certain yet.
You could buy a Backbone One for £100 then you essentially have one of these which makes the rumoured price seem, shall we say, a tad high.
Do you plan on picking one up or are you going to stick with using your phone?
I’m sure there will be some steamdeck tomfoolery to work around the typical sony bs. I’ll wait for that.
Even if they just added enough power to emulate PS1, PS2 & PSP games on top of the remote play I’d be very interested but I’m not sure who this is for.
Yes, just buy a Steamdeck. This “controller” should cost less than $150 to make it worthwhile.
This is already a huge PS fail. Big mistake.
And I bet it’s better supported than the Vita ever was.
I think this device is just a accessory for a niche group of ps5 gamers. That’s fine for me. What kind of support do you expect this display get. It’s just a display for the ps5
This makes me depressed. Psvita and psp we’re my favorite handhelds. I just got a backbone and been enjoying PS remote play
I am a huge fan of streaming services. I think that the technology should be leveraged in many ways to provide a high quality user experience while minimizing the amount of work the hardware in your hands needs to perform (making it lighter and the battery last longer).
My steamdeck already permits me to stream a game from my PC, I am kinda stoked to see the PS version.
I wonder why they’re so hesitant to come back to the handheld market. Of course, the Vita was a failure, but I think they could come back from that. After all, the Vita is remembered rather fondly, and from a technical POV, it was good hardware. And the PSP was just a big success. There’s also this handheld craze right now, I bet they could capitalize on that with some nostalgia for the PSP/Vita and with their know-how.
Its so weird, considering Sony has the chops to create another portable. I’m sure they learned a ton from the PSP and Vita. I mean, I know Sony’s got that stupid need to keep using proprietary parts, be it the Memory Stick, UMD, or the Vita cards. But damn, with Switch and Steam Deck leading the charge, there’s a huge gap for a more portable machine that can keep up with the big boys.
