By Leif Johnson
The continued success of Nintendo’s hybrid console-and-handheld Switch device has taken almost everyone by surprise. So strong is the appeal, in fact, that some formerly naysaying competitors and developers are rethinking their strategies.
But Sony Interactive Entertainment president Andrew House just isn’t buying into the hype. Speaking with Bloomberg (via IGN), House effectively killed any hopes that Sony might release a new version of its portable PlayStation Vita gaming device to compete with the Switch.
House claims that there “was not a huge demand” for the Vita outside of Japan and Asia, and he points to the “lifestyle shift toward the dominance of smartphones” as the determining factor.
If you already have a game-capable device on you at all times, in other words, why bother lugging around another?
The Switch’s popularity seems to counter that, you might say, but House doesn’t think so. Instead, he believes the Switch has found success because of its fairly unique hybrid nature.
In fact, when we discussed Nintendo’s Switch earnings in July, we focused on them in the context of the big-league PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles rather than handheld devices.
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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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