Unless you've been keeping up with the world of electric vehicles, you may not know that Sony and Honda have joined forces to develop cutting edge cars. The new company, which is focusing on innovative new tech, is aiming to have its first vehicle on the road by 2025, and by the sound of it, you may be able to take your gaming with you.
Speaking to Financial Times, president Izumi Kawanishi said the joint venture's intent is to build a car around content, meaning music, movies, and PS5. The idea is to utilise Sony's massive presence in entertainment, "adapting these assets to mobility" in a move to trump Tesla. Apparently, incorporating Sony's latest gaming console into a vehicle is "technologically possible".
Obviously, for users to really gain the benefit of PS5 on the road, more development in the world of self-driving cars is required first. "To enjoy the space in your car, you have to make it a space where you don't need to drive. The solution for this is autonomous driving," says Kawanishi, adding it will take time to get right.
Obviously this is all quite far away and sounds kind of crazy, but if we are heading away from manual driving, what better way to pass the time than catch up with some games? Tell us what you make of this idea in the comments section below.
[source ft.com, via thegamer.com, eurogamer.net]
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They could add wheel support for racing games when the car is parked of course. Also, the PS5 could be used for some navigation apps similar to how Tesla is using Nvidia's graphic cards.
Gran Turismo 8 the Sony Honda car exclusive, retailing for only 100 000€! The scalpers are already on their way!
Seriously though, the concept of self-driving cars sounds terrifying to me, so the idea of playing God of War with no idea of what's happening on the road is nightmare fuel: enjoy the game, it might not last long!
It's still hard enough to get a PS5 in most territories without spreading stock even thinner.
I’m hoping that the PS5 is in the back seat. Think we’ve all seen that video where the Tesla fails to park and kills several people while taking off at about 150 MPH.
Whenever my family and I went on road trips I've always wanted to play my ps3 but sadly that wasn't possible 😕
Lucky kids in the future would be able to game instead of watching the plain old desert out the window to grandma's house.
P.S. I know about portables before anyone ask.
My question is how long would the car battery last if you're playing a PS5? It does pull some power and if the car is parked (the only SANE way to play in a car) then that battery might not last very long.
@videoman190 If the car is driving itself then I think the wheel should be available to play GT on even when you are moving. I can just imagine someone hanging on round 130R at Suzuka in a GR1 car whilst their actual car is just pootling around at 30mph 😆
But when can we see the Sony concept cars in Gran Turismo? I'd totally drive one. For about 5 minutes and then go back to my trusty Supra.
Unless it's in the back seat for passengers only. 😳 I do not want drivers gaming while operating a vehicle.
I always find these just odd. At that point I'd rather take my phone/Vita for local or cloud/remote play or a Wii U/Switch (Cloud if desperate but other games are more suited to it at that point, I don't use Cloud but still an 'option'). Or a Series S with offline mode and a screen (for games that it's possible to) besides XCloud.
Otherwise do we really need gaming hardware in a car like Tesla. Does it really add much. Is not bringing a handheld/Laptop/Tablet too much to ask. Besides people have Steam Decks and Sony would get it with people playing their games in offline mode on it. Them just pushing the brand/product/look at this partnership is just dumb. We get it Sony.
Also why the PS5? Regardless of them using the parts not the casing/shell it's still odd. Why wouldn't they just make it a PS4 or some other custom hardware. Or go with some cloud solution. Otherwise handhelds, a plug and play (those screens that attach to the back of the driver/front passenger seats, used to have those back in the day) or some other solution. I agree with others 'in the back' makes sense.
If Sega can make the Mega Jet for airlines then make the Nomad for the US only than why can't Sony be smart and use whatever hardware to make something smarter as a middle step than PS5 hardware (put it more into PS5s instead) in a car if they are going to commit to this partnership with Honda.
Also like someone else said 'battery'. You could use a battery bank but for a PS5 not even worth it. The Wii U sure but PS5 no. You aren't taking your small case PC and a 2000 series/AMD equivalent GPU, whatever CPU gen/RAM and more to be that desperate to have hardware on the go with whatever suitable monitor for portable use. Sure some people likely do, need to I'd say for business reasons but for entertainment or with a case to take their PS4s/Xbox Ones in a video I saw, those are just dumb. You don't need to take your console with you that much and neither do you need hardware packed in with a car however it's used.
If there is a built in PS it should be back seat only for legal reasons.
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