Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "RUMOR: A NEW PLAYSTATION HANDHELD IS COMING"

Episode Date: April 11, 2023

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticIt sounds like Sony is taking cues from the Nintendo Wii U playbook.Sony hasn’t launched a new PlayStation handheld since 2011’s PlayStation Vita, but there are still plenty of options such as the Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and a variety of Android-based devices. Now, it sounds like Sony might be getting ready for a return of sorts to the segment.Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming reports that Sony is working on a new PlayStation handheld, code-named the Q Lite. But you might want to temper your expectations if you were hoping for a PlayStation Vita 2 or PSP 3 as it sounds like we could be getting something akin to a Wii U gamepad instead.Henderson asserts that the new handheld is designed for Remote Play with the PlayStation 5 and will require a persistent internet connection. The console is said to support adaptive streaming at up to 1080p/60fps quality. It all strongly suggests that this handheld won’t natively run any games.source: Leak: A new Sony handheld is coming, but you might be disappointed (androidauthority.com)Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

So PlayStation is reportedly, reportedly, working on a handheld device that is similar to the Nintendo Switch. Now, that information in itself should let you know that PlayStation is playing no games and are tired of all the positive publicity that Microsoft is getting right now. literally Microsoft is kind of like Thanos and acquiring all the infinity stones but in the gaming industry the infinity stones will be

entire gaming developers like Activision um bungee like they're acquiring entire gaming developers instead of just acquiring like let's say Spider-Man which is huge

you know no disrespect and spider man's name or um who's the other one oh in crados so instead of acquiring just exclusive titles Microsoft is just out here like Thanos acquiring all the gaming developing giants in the game i mean i think they have ubsop i know they have bungee um they're about to get Activision which the Activision one that's the one that PlayStation is just like up and they uptight about that one they are not happy about that at all like literally called the Microsoft a monopoly and all type of names.

So to combat that, PlayStation is pulling their own tricks out of the what is this? Tricks out of the sleeve? Tricks up to sleeve? I think it's up their sleeve. Anyways, let's keep going.

So PlayStation still has some tricks up their sleeve as the handheld will apparently this is a rumor, by the way, so this can all be false. Not just show. It's probably going to be true, hopefully. But the PlayStation's,

station handheld connects directly to your PS5 which is why I compared it to the Nintendo Switch it features adaptive triggers is an 8 inch touchscreen so think of like the size of yeah iPhone maybe I think the iPhones are around eight eight inches nowadays anyways no I think it's like an iPad what is eight inches that's not too long it's like an iPhone I think like maybe like an Excel iPhone or like a mini iPad anyways um releasing before the rumored PS5 Pro and holiday 2024. So if PlayStation comes out with a handheld that literally plays off of the PlayStation 5, I think it will be a success because in general,

I think the whole thing about handheld is that the quality is downgraded to fit handheld capabilities. And if you're able to do the Nintendo Switch type of version of a PlayStation 5 handheld, then I think that will work for the most part because if you can play on a on the PS5 and go from the PS5 to the handheld and still play that same game with your friends just on the handheld then I think that it will ultimately be a success now cannot see the negative side of it yes like you probably won't be able to have as much control over your character and then if you was actually on a real controller looking at

the TV and obviously the graphics probably will look significant significantly worse on handheld than it would on the TV, which you know, you will hope so because, you know, TV's nowadays is pretty advanced. And for handhelds, I'm not saying they're not. I'm just saying they're not on the level of some 4K monitors out there in the world. So anyways, what else? So yeah, so they're reportedly working on a handheld device and it will work as remote play as well for the PS5. And they're saying that they're codenaming a Q light, which, you know, they always. always have different nicknames for when they're working on like random projects but this is the one that they're sticking with for the handheld and they're saying that the remote play will require

persistent internet connection which you would think that would be a given but you know i just had to say that and the cost the you know okay i already said the adaptive triggers oh okay this is important they said the the console handheld will be able to stream at 1080 60 fps quality interesting It also suggests that the handheld won't natively run any games. I think that's code name. Yeah, codename for whenever you switch to the handheld, the graphics will get considerably worse, like night and day worse. But, you know, it's nothing wrong with that as long as you can play the game, I guess.

What else? They said the PlayStation 5 handheld will have an 8-inch LCD screen. screen in the middle and is believed to have adaptive triggers. Okay, I already said that. And a 3.5 M-import present. There's no set release date, I mean, because this is literally all a rumor, but it is slated to be late 2024 release. Nobody knows about the pricing, but then again, if you can use this as a remote and as an actual,

a functional device to play games on, then it's probably going to cost you, you know, a little... Okay, hold on. Let me see how much the Nintendo Switch is. I would not think it wouldn't be around that. Nintendo Switch price.

I know the Nintendo Switch is like super old, so it's probably not going to be like cheaper than the Nintendo Switch. So the Nintendo Switch is around $300 to $400 So I'm thinking The PlayStation handheld Would probably be around How much was the PS5?

The PS5 was like what? $800, $900? I don't think it was 900 I think it was like $7,800 So I think the handheld would be at least 400 Like at least But that's just me. I don't know

I'm looking at this Nintendo Switch and the capabilities of the switch have, is the word, faltered, I think the word is. As, you know, I mean, whenever something's old as far as technology and software, I mean, it's going to run slower. So as far as the premium price, I mean, obviously there's no Nintendo Switch 2 coming out anytime soon, so you can't just completely take the prices all the way down, but it's not going to be as expensive as when it first came out, I would think.

So I think the PS5 handheld, if it was to come out, will be around the 400 to 500 price range. So click my link to your in my bio, let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about the PlayStation handheld? And also, if PlayStation was to come out with the handheld, do you think it would have the same issue that they had producing compared to when they was producing the PS5? And what I mean by that is, do you think the scarcity of the PS5 when it first came out

would be the same issue for the PlayStation handheld?