DeltaPolarBear
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My opinion is that Nintendo decided to focus on their portable market, which they had a stranglehold on for generations. The TV console market is abandoned/salvaged by merging it with the portable market.
Both Nintendo and Sony realized they couldn't support the handheld AND the TV console at the same time anymore as dev time and costs balloon. Sony decided to save the PS3 and killed the Vita. Nintendo decided to kill the wiiU and go all-in on the Switch. Both made the decision to combine their studios into one hardware.
Now, in theory Sony can one day make the PlayStation a portable device. But consider the outcry on the Switch2 price, i expect that to be two or three generations away unless we got some new tech breakthrough to lower hardware costs.
Both Nintendo and Sony realized they couldn't support the handheld AND the TV console at the same time anymore as dev time and costs balloon. Sony decided to save the PS3 and killed the Vita. Nintendo decided to kill the wiiU and go all-in on the Switch. Both made the decision to combine their studios into one hardware.
Now, in theory Sony can one day make the PlayStation a portable device. But consider the outcry on the Switch2 price, i expect that to be two or three generations away unless we got some new tech breakthrough to lower hardware costs.