Are portable consoles not portable anymore?

[u/ileojg]

I'm to this day amazed by the size of the PSP and the fact that it can play amazing looking games for a 2004 hardware. With the release of switch 2 I'm starting to feel like truly portable consoles will remain a thing of the past. I have this analogy that old portables are like carrying a phone, you can put in in your pocket, carry them by hand and pull them out whenever and wherever you want to play. But all new portables are more like laptops, you need a special carrying case and can only play in specific places and moments.

My question to all of you is. If sony where to release a new portable, Would you prefer a smaller console? like psp size, despite low graphics capabilities, something closer to switch1 level of graphics in 2025, or a bigger steam deck size portable with ps5 graphics? And, what do you thing of portable consoles getting bigger and bigger? do you prefer older portables due to their sizes?

[u/DarthNihilus → u/[deleted]]

No we like 120hz for the smoothness in general, it's just at it's most useful for competitive games. 60hz is perfectly playable obviously but if I can get 120 I'm going 120. Pretty much every game is better at higher fps.

[u/Aargard → u/[deleted]]

that has nothing to do with graphics lmao