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If you ask me, the fact that it requires a PS5 makes it a non starter. I was really hoping for a standalone handheld, maybe not as powerful as the PS5, but something to compete with the Switch and Steam Deck. Like the PSP was a less powerful PS2 but still a standalone handheld providing a console like experience. Or even a phone handheld, the N-Gage was ahead of its time!
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personally, i can see the appeal of the device as someone who frequently shares a tv with others, but sony’s decision to limit its capabilities to streaming only places it squarely in a “niche product” category. this creates a few problems that will shape my decision to purchase depending on how sony addresses them.
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the device’s capabilities are no different (at least as far as we know) from remote play apps paired with a dualsense controller. in this case, you have greater flexibility when it comes to screen size since these apps are available on phones as well as computers, allowing you to tailor your experience to suit your needs. the q, on the other hand, is extremely limited in its application. the degree to which the q is able to justify itself as far as the quality of the gaming experience is yet to be seen, but it needs to be compelling in order for me to consider it over alternatives. it’s very much a niche product.
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wrapped up in the experience is the price. i can do one thing with the q: stream ps5 games at home over wifi. if my power goes out, it’s unusable. this would also render my ps5 unusable as well, but therein lies the issue. a nintendo switch lite costs $200 brand new, and is its own self-contained experience capable of playing games downloaded to the device independent of anything else. the q provides half the experience that a switch lite does, in my eyes, so the price should be reflected in its diminished capabilities. i would pay $100 (maybe up to $120) for it. anything more than that and i’m looking elsewhere for something more capable. given that the price of the dualsense edge is $200, though, i’m not optimistic that the q will be priced much lower than that. if i’m looking at spending $200 just to stream games tethered to a home console when i can already do that for free, then i’m not looking at the q anymore. i’m looking at a steam deck.
it feels like sony wanted a slice of the switch pie without trying to make something that could genuinely compete in that space. if the price matches the experience, i’ll bite. otherwise, i’ll consider picking it up at a discounted price years down the road, if at all.
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It’s just for streaming games? That sounds uninspiring
I’m not sure who this device is for. It is very limited to PS5 owners or those wanting to use Sony’s cloud streaming, which is behind Microsoft right now. It will have to be cheap for it to be worth it compared to just getting a controller mount or an attachable controller for your phone. Your phone will have the same ability to stream to it, on top of having the general increased usability of a phone.
I’d argue it’s for most PS5 owners. PSP/PSVita were not popular as standalone systems (as much as I loved them). With the arrival of steam decks and the switch, mobile/streaming gaming is getting closer to a console experience. Project Q seems to fill that void for Sony pretty well.
The psp is the tenth best selling console of all time, and half the list above it is just Sony consoles which have dominated 3 of the 4 previous generations, it was plenty popular. The vita though…yeah no.
I think the PS Vita tried to overreach, and priced itself out of relevance. I feel like I had a lot more fun with my PSP than my Vita, even ignoring the cost, and I think that’s because it had weird features that developers didn’t know how to use properly, and Sony seemed to incentivize devs to use them for any game that was made for it.
I think the vita was fine at the price it was, the problem was the $129 64gb memory cards when you could throw a 64gb SD card in your 3ds for like $20 and just how quickly Sony completely gave up on supporting it. Past the first year or so Sony basically washed their hands entirely of the system.
I can bring a steam deck or a switch anywhere I want with me. Being tied to a ps5 doesn’t sound very flexible which reduces the utility
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I still love my Wii U. Now that the system is largely dead I rooted it and use it as a fantastic home emulator. That said, the tablet’s cost was rolled into the cost of the system. I stream my Xbox series X sometimes to my iPhone or my iPad and I use a 15 dollar phone mount for that. Project Q looks really slick but I already have a ton of HD screens I can use without incurring another cost. I see it being a niche product for that reason
In a certain way this feels like Sega of the 90s decided to make an add-on for the PS5 after playing a whole bunch of WiiU.
I just hope they don’t use it as an excuse to kill off PS Remote Play.
I quite like being able to play PS5 games on my Retroid Pocket 3+.
I feel like it’s got to just be an Android device with the app loaded, right? I mean, what else could it be? Sony has shown almost no interest in doing anything with the remote play stuff outside of releasing that App on Android and the PC client. There’s not even a way to do their cloud streaming from mobile.
