Are PlayStation Going All Premium?

It’s not long now until 2025 is upon us. Not only do we have The Game Awards to look forward to. There seems to be a lot of optimism around the gaming industry about how big 2025 could be for Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox. Today, I am going to get into just where I think the focus is going to be in the future.

Nintendo is going to launch the successor to the Nintendo Switch. This is going to be a big moment for them. We’ve learnt recently that PlayStation will be joining the handheld market again. We’ve spoken about how Nintendo would have to ‘compete’ for third parties through better hardware of it’s own handheld.

That seems like it’s locked on to happen now. Not only is Xbox in the process, but with PlayStation getting involved now as well. That is a big momentum shift for the industry as a whole. As we know, PlayStation is much loved in the same way as Nintendo. The PlayStation Portal did very well in Japan.

So much so that they pushed ahead with the development of their own competitor to the actual Nintendo Switch.

There is no doubt that the future of gaming is portable. It’s in your hand, and it’s on the go. Especially with the younger generation of gamers. We already know what Nintendo will offer and why it will do incredibly well in Japan based on the success of it’s predecessor.

The interesting thing is how Sony supports the handheld this time around and how serious they are about it. If they are serious about competing on that front. We’re then going to see competition in this space like you’ve never seen before. What is going to be interesting is how each makes the most of that. We know Nintendo’s whole platform for a generation has been around portability.

I guess the most interesting thing about all three will be how it moves the handheld tech forward. How it improves the longevity of battery life, and almost certainly, what the content outlook for each will look like as well. We know that Nintendo already has the experience of a generation that has been incredibly successful.

So they have that on their side, and of course their incredible IP. I think the outlook for all is promising for their own merits. There is now an audience there who want to see this level of competition. The interesting thing as well will be if PlayStation stays in the VR space.

I think the success of their new handheld could be an interesting indicator of if they continue with that.

In 2025, we’re going to see a strong PlayStation for games again. I believe Nintendo will be back with a great successor that ushers in it’s continued strong presence in the market for handhelds. I also believe that it could also be a great year for Xbox fans for what Xbox Game Studios is going to offer, and cloud gaming is more than likely going to improve further.

I foresee PlayStation coming back to the handheld market in a big way, and I expect an OLED screen to be a part of that as just one of their features. We all know how Sony likes to create a premium product, and it has had a very strong impact on the console with that way of creating products. If we look at the success that the PS5 Pro has had. It has sold well. It even did well in Japan as well. This tells me that Sony will move forward to make their next handheld a premium experience. Whether that’s reflected in the price will depend on how competitive they want to be with Nintendo and how much ground they want to make up.

In terms of content, 2025 is going to be a big year for all platforms, I believe. We’re really going to get a sense of where the industry is and how it moves forward from some of the difficulties it’s entailed recently. Great games are on the agenda for all, and there is no doubt competition on all fronts will continue to grow. This is an industry, as we know, that competes to make each other better. When it does that, the true winners are always certainly us.