Would I buy a physical streaming-focussed handheld console from Sony? Yes, as I am a huge PlayStation gamer and have a subscription to the top tier of PlayStation Plus. Razer Kishi gaming peripheral being used by a gamer Here's the trick, though, the PSP 5G doesn't have to be made by Sony, or even be an actual console Sony is losing badly in the cloud game streaming war and is purposely not deploying a weapon that could help it. But the fact that major gaming companies like Razer and Logitech are producing these 5G-powered cloud gaming consoles indicates to me that we could be about to see a big cloud gaming shift-change.Īll of which leads me back to why Sony, who hasn't produced a 5G handheld streaming console of its own despite already having all the expertise within the company to do so (Sony makes all sorts of technology, including phones, which are basically 5G streaming consoles without any controller attached), more puzzling. Now, yes, sure, I do totally recognize that this dream is still dependent on 5G network speeds being available, and that many gamers are not going to get these all the time due to 5G network coverage dark zones. The idea of playing Halo Infinite on my Xbox Series X, say, and then transitioning onto a Logitech G Cloud to continue playing on a train ride is the stuff that gamer dreams are made of. That's really exciting.Įqually, the Android-powered Razer Edge comes loaded with pre-installed apps like Epic games, as well as Xbox Cloud gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now. The Logitech G Cloud, for example, works with both Xbox Game Pass and Nvidia GeForce Now, meaning that anyone with a subscription to either of those services can now play any streamable game on the go. Just look at Logitech's new G Cloud console, or the just announced this week Razer Edge, two gaming handhelds purposely designed for cloud gaming over a 5G connection.įinally, it seems, the technology has caught up with the dream of 5G cloud game streaming – gamers can now stream today's best AAA games on the go. Not only, that, though, but we're now starting to see multiple 5G streaming consoles announced. Meanwhile, the PS Now game streaming service has been merged and re-branded into its new PlayStation Plus subscription service, and Sony is having to strike deals with Microsoft due to its expertise when it comes round to cloud gaming infrastructure to fend off advances from other rivals. And it's done this while Microsoft has proceeded to totally corner and dominate the cloud game streaming market, with Xbox sitting on the best cloud gaming hardware infrastructure and offering the best cloud gaming service in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with Xbox Cloud Gaming. To date, Sony has not released a PSP 5G portable and, actually, has seemingly come out and thrown cold water over the entire idea. "A new 5G-enabled PSP handheld console wouldn't have this problem as it would naturally sync with Sony's well-developed and growing PS Now streaming service of games, which sits perfectly in line with the streaming-heavy future of gaming in general, and would position the company perfectly to win big in the future console war." But it didn't back it up with the varied and stable gaming ecosystem necessary for it to flourish. "Sony made a big mistake with the PS Vita in the sense that it spent big on stuffing it with, for the time, powerful internal hardware, and jacked it up with high-level features like PlayStation 4 Remote Play, which allowed owners to stream games from their PS4 over Wi-Fi directly to their handheld. I also suggested that, in my opinion, Sony was perfectly positioned to tap into this with a new PSP 5G portable. I've been so interested as, years ago now, we predicted here at T3.com that cloud streaming was where console gaming was going and that streaming on a variety of handheld devices was going to be part of that. I've been following the recent unveilings of 5G-powered, cloud gaming handhelds with a lot of interest, as too PlayStation's ongoing woes when it comes round to matching Microsoft Xbox's cloud gaming technology and expertise. Sony PSP 5G concept showing handheld console running Horizon Forbidden West
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