Sony X Honda Car Can Actually Bring PlayStation 5 on Wheels With Their Hyper-Advanced Prospect

The recent collaboration between Sony and Honda is for an experimental car for its customers with inbuilt PlayStation 4 and 5 games. This collaboration seems to have been inspired by Elon Musk’s Tesla. This smart car prototype is yet to have a confirmed name but it is currently being addressed as Afeela.

Unlike other smart cars, Afeela has become one of the most controversial topics on social media platforms because of the interior screens offering displays to play games. This smart car prototype Afeela is announced to be placed in the North American market in 2026.

Sony x Honda collaboration could surpass PlayStation

The joint collaboration between Sony and Honda is a mutual ambition by both of these popular companies to offer the impeccable tech facilities of Sony with the long experience of Honda. Afeela is termed an electric smart vehicle as it offers customers to play PS5 in the car.

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This smart car would use cloud streaming technology to let the players experience the games of PS4 and PS5 on the go. However, the users might need a stable internet connection and signal to use these features. Movies and Television shows could also be seen in the distinct displays inside the car.

One interesting fact about Afeela is that the outer screens also work as displays. The CEO of Honda, Yasuhide Mizuno says-with the media bar, owners can “express” themselves “by sharing various types of information to people around [the car]. We can simply understand that owners can utilize the exterior displays for advertisements too.

Responses from the customers

Since the announcement of this collaboration, there have been mixed reactions among the customers. Many customers are already looking forward to getting their hands on this electric smart car. They believe that this smart car is going to change the future of the automobile industry bringing more gamers as potential buyers. Business influencer and CEO of Appcircle Tansu Yegen tweeted a video explaining the details of this smart car and commented- Sony and Honda collaborate to create car with built-in PS5 gaming experience.

However, some people are really concerned looking at the increasing rate of car accidents in the United States. In this thread on Twitter, there were many negative feedbacks from his followers. They feared that designing cars with in-built gaming facilities can bring a lot of youngsters to face road accidents.

The joint collaboration Afeela by Sony and Honda is definitely changing the future of cars. After the Apple car, Sony was planning to merge its digital technology into automobile designs. It seems like manufacturers are influenced to prioritize the digital services provided by the car over its design. Now, whether the automobile industry is heading toward digitalization or not is solely dependent on the success of this joint collaboration.

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