Reminder: Sony is working with AMD for a handheld with 2teraflops of GPU power

[ToTTenTranz]

but he literally leaked the specs of the PS5 Pro and he even had slides presented to developers about PSSR, he was the only and the first one to leak all of that

He also said Intel's discrete GPU division had been disbanded and the Archmage GPUs had been cancelled.. 1 month before those GPUs actually launched.
Earlier this year, he also picked up on a fake lead created by X users just to lure out his lack of vetting standards.

So is he getting good leaks? Some times, but not always.

Sony creating a 2 TFLOPs handheld console right now would amount to nothing of value. It's way too late to launch a new console that runs code from the 11 year-old PS4 and Sony isn't going to mandate compatibility with a 2 TFLOPs console from devs, not even their own.
If he's getting a 50/50 success rate in his leaks, that one is probably in the failed half.

 

[Dr. E99]

developers are literally desperate for more people to buy their games, Switch has a playerbase of over 140M people that will likely upgrade to a new device due to their digital/physical libraries and the backwards compatibility of the Switch 2, Call Of Duty for example is already secured to have a Switch 2 version

I just don't trust Nintendo consoles to get long term, meaningful third party support. It's never really happened in their history. The mega-popular Wii got "third party support" in the form of half-baked gimmick versions of their Xbox 360/PS3/PC counterparts, the Wii U had zero TP support, and the Switch - to my knowledge - has very little third party support and no major, ongoing third party support. The AAA games it does manage to get (like Mortal Kombat) get meme'd into oblivion.

 

[Dr. E99]

they should also learn the lesson and remove their games from Steam, give them no Steam Deck optimization support and put them on their PS Launcher exclusevly, at least if people on Steam Deck download their games it's gonna be through PSN and the PS Launcher where Sony controls better the playerbase

Never gonna happen, bro.

 

[TrishaCat]

I just don't trust Nintendo consoles to get long term, meaningful third party support. It's never really happened in their history. The mega-popular Wii got "third party support" in the form of half-baked gimmick versions of their Xbox 360/PS3/PC counterparts, the Wii U had zero TP support, and the Switch - to my knowledge - has very little third party support and no major, ongoing third party support. The AAA games it does manage to get (like Mortal Kombat) get meme'd into oblivion.

The Switch's 3rd party support has been consistently very solid outside of major AAA titles, and even then it occasionally gets miracle ports, albeit of dubious quality

 

[ethomaz]

Ok.

Can you guys explain to non-native English user what the difference between:

Rumor
Report
Reminder

Which one is more trustable?

 

[Dr. E99]

i would die for sony to put DRM on their PC ports... they're so dumb....

Steam *is* DRM

 

[Dr. E99]

Ok.

Can you guys explain to non-native English user what the difference between:

Rumor
Report
Reminder

Which one is more trustable?

They don't really mean the same thing.

Rumor - unsubstantiated hearsay
Report - Can have multiple meanings depending on context
Reminder - remembering to do something

 

[TrishaCat]

Steam *is* DRM

You're mostly right; *technically*, it is possible to publish games on Steam that don't utilize Steam's DRM, thus allowing the game to be launched without even launching Steam (Trails of Cold Steel, for example, does not have Steam DRM despite being on Steam).
This is typically not the case though, and I suspect Etifilio didn't count Steam DRM because Steam DRM is trivial to crack.

 

[ethomaz]

Steam *is* DRM

It is Steam... their users call it "steam confidence" not DRM.

 

[ethomaz]

They don't really mean the same thing.

Rumor - unsubstantiated hearsay
Report - Can have multiple meanings depending on context
Reminder - remembering to do something

But the OP Sony is working or not in a portable? Or it is like a rumor?

 

[Dr. E99]

You're mostly right; *technically*, it is possible to publish games on Steam that don't utilize Steam's DRM, thus allowing the game to be launched without even launching Steam (Trails of Cold Steel, for example, does not have Steam DRM despite being on Steam).
This is typically not the case though, and I suspect Etifilio didn't count Steam DRM because Steam DRM is trivial to crack.

If you want true DRM-free gaming on PC, you have to buy from GOG. IIRC, Sony releases their games on GOG. But I don't know if they require Galaxy or not.

 

[Dr. E99]

But the OP Sony is working or not in a portable? Or it is like a rumor?

It's coming from a "leaker". So I would treat it as a rumor until it's officially announced.

 

[TrishaCat]

If you want true DRM-free gaming on PC, you have to buy from GOG. IIRC, Sony releases their games on GOG. But I don't know if they require Galaxy or not.

Iirc, no game on GoG requires Galaxy to play, just some require it to use multiplayer features.

IIRC, Sony releases their games on GOG.

They do https://www.gog.com/en/games?publishers=playstation-pc-llc

 

[ethomaz]

If you want true DRM-free gaming on PC, you have to buy from GOG. IIRC, Sony releases their games on GOG. But I don't know if they require Galaxy or not.

Games are normally released late on GOG due the lack of DRM, no?

 

[Etifilio]

He also said Intel's discrete GPU division had been disbanded and the Archmage GPUs had been cancelled.. 1 month before those GPUs actually launched.
Earlier this year, he also picked up on a fake lead created by X users just to lure out his lack of vetting standards.

So is he getting good leaks? Some times, but not always.

Sony creating a 2 TFLOPs handheld console right now would amount to nothing of value. It's way too late to launch a new console that runs code from the 11 year-old PS4 and Sony isn't going to mandate compatibility with a 2 TFLOPs console from devs, not even their own.
If he's getting a 50/50 success rate in his leaks, that one is probably in the failed half.

2tflops aspect is an estimation, not factual, could be more

 

[Dr. E99]

Games are normally released late on GOG due the lack of DRM, no?

I'm not sure, actually. I don't think so. I think they get day and date releases.

 

[uyoung1989]

Is 2T more powerful than the Switch 2?

 

[ethomaz]

I'm not sure, actually. I don't think so. I think they get day and date releases.

I don't think that is true... no big game release day and date on GOG.
Talking about Sony here as example:

God of War Steam: January 14, 2022
God of War GOG: March 12th, 2024

It makes no sense to have day and date releases on GOG... it is more used to late releases.
Anyway Sony last GOG release was God of War early this year... and there is talk they won't release there anymore.

 

[BLAZE]

I can't estimate the success of a "PSP 2", but I'm sure it would outsell the Steam Deck.

 

[Kokoloko]

But I keep getting told Playstation cant make a portable that plays modern games, despite Valve doing so and Nintendo’s next hybrid