Sony is outwardly within the “early levels” of growing a brand-new handheld console in the identical vein as their very own PSP and PS Vita machines.
That’s based on the esteemed Takashi Mochizuki and Debby Wu of Bloomberg. They spoke to nameless sources within the know at Sony who declare the corporate is engaged on the brand new gadget to battle towards Nintendo’s handheld domination, in addition to to “counter” Xbox’s personal foray into the hand-held market. In case you missed it, Xbox head-honcho Phil Spencer outright confirmed that Xbox is actively engaged on a handheld of their very own, although it’s nonetheless years away.
The report goes on to say that the brand new machine could be primarily based on the present PS Portal (which simply acquired up to date to permit streaming by way of Premium) to a level, however could be a completely standalone gadget able to taking part in PS5 video games. Consider it being like a Steam Deck.
Personally, this appears a tad far-fetched. Packing PS5 specs right into a handheld machine at this stage appears unlikely, though because it’s a minimum of a couple of years away from launching Sony could also be speculating that the know-how will probably be accessible and reasonably priced by the point they’re able to manufacture it. By that time, the PS6 will probably be out or getting near launching.
