What are you most looking forward to in 2025? Nintendo’s next-generation Switch? Or handheld consoles from Sony and Microsoft? Let’s follow the Japanese media’s perspective to understand the new year’s outlook for the game console industry.
·Switch2 has been confirmed, what will Sony do to respond?
Sony's PS5 mobile version of the "handheld console" PlayStation Porta currently has a mediocre response. It is difficult for players not to speculate that a new orthodox handheld console will be launched in the future. At present, there is demand and market.
·Nintendo is still pursuing a “unique” self-developed exclusive game strategy.
Many of Sony's exclusive platform policies have been relaxed, but Nintendo has remained consistent.
·The multi-platform strategies pursued by other system developers are making games more and more "personalized".
Regardless of whether manufacturers need to make profits or players can play good games, nothing can be changed.
·Can’t the next generation of Sony handheld console “PSP reproduce”?
It is not impossible to have a handheld console that can run PS5 games with complete high-quality. What manufacturers consider is the balance between performance and price.
·Sega, the former giant game console manufacturer, seems to be brewing something.
The failure took so many years to heal, there was a planned trend but it was unlikely.
·Steam’s ambitions.
Relying on PC handheld consoles to enter the hardware industry and successfully get a piece of the pie, it is actually no problem to launch its own new console with the strength and resources of Steam.
·It is no longer a tradition to buy just one device per family.
Nintendo's "hegemony" dominance may no longer exist in 2025.