With the Nintendo Switch being such a runaway success, and having a successor console on the way, it looks like an old rival might be throwing their hat back into the ring. An insider report from Bloomberg states that Sony is looking to contend in the portable gaming market, and thus, are in the early stages of creating a new handheld device. Supposedly, the concept builds upon the PlayStation Portal, but would, "function as a standalone device like Valve Corp.’s Steam Deck". Bloomberg notes that the release of such a PlayStation-branded handheld would be "years away", or could never be fully realized.

The product is aimed at expanding Sony’s reach and contending with Nintendo Co. for the portable gaming market, according to people familiar with its development. It would also counter any potential mobile hardware from Xbox maker Microsoft Corp., which is working on prototypes in the category as well. Sony’s portable device is likely years away from launch and the company could still decide against bringing it to market, the people said, asking not to be named discussing private plans.

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[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

I hope it plays PS4 games

We're going into the next gen of consoles in roughly, what, 2 years? 2 and 1/2 at most? This thing had better be as powerful and as versatile as the PS5 if it's going to succeed. I shit you not.

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

We're going into the next gen of consoles in roughly, what, 2 years? 2 and 1/2 at most? This thing had better be as powerful and as versatile as the PS5 if it's going to succeed. I shit you not.

That seems pretty hard to do. Steam deck is pretty much ps4 power and it's console priced.

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

That seems pretty hard to do. Steam deck is pretty much ps4 power and it's console priced.

Well, if they want to make a powerful handheld, they're going to have to COMPETE. Portal has no competition because it's just a streaming device, which means SONY has not "learned" anything from it. If it's relatively the same as the Switch, Ally & and SteamDeck, it will fail, (not to mention it will have to have a shitload of exclusives). It needs to be UBER POWERFUL and totally unique. And remember, if MS is building a handheld unit, I'm betting it will be serious competition for the handheld market, it's just a matter of what they do with it...

 

[ZeroT21]

Hard to expect anything from Sony after they pretty much ditched the Vita , PSVR1&2

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

Hard to expect anything from Sony after they pretty much ditched the Vita , PSVR1&2

They've got an ugly history in hand-held gaming, that's for sure. I have several modded VITA's, and I use them ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Like somebody else in this thread mentioned, we are ever-so-grateful for what the modding community has done with the Vita. It's got a TON of life in it, and I could not be happier to be a part of that community, and THIS community.

Fuckin' A!!!

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Doubtful, they just saw valve and Asus success with them it'll probably be a 7" oled display, 24gb ddr5, custom rdna 2, 2280 m.2, vr capable to boost psvr2 sales, typical Playstation ui, cloud gaming to boat and like all the others. Vita XL.

The Portal's screen size is 8". This is now the STANDARD for every other manufacturer looking to make a hand-held device AFTER THE PORTAL WAS REALEASED. It took a bit for Valve to finally go OLED, but it's not like they're going to go back to an LCD screen moving forward. The current LCD will expire in a few years. In fact, probably a year from right now. If you're going to spend money on a KILLER FUCKING HAND-HELD, GET THE OLED. I will bet that any of these cats making a hand-held gaming platform will have an 8 inch screen. Sony, MS, Steam (going forward) and ROG. 7 might be "new", but it's been bested by a console that is selling well, much better than a lot of us thought it would (PORTAL).

IMHO.

 

[chaosagent]

Let's bet on how many hundreds of dollars the proprietary sd card is gonna cost this time around.

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

Let's bet on how many hundreds of dollars the proprietary sd card is gonna cost this time around.

If SONY has not learned from that rat-fuck-decision by now, they're DOOMed. Let's just hope that they have, it'd by great if they did. A lot of people in this thread have mentioned micro sd cards. SONY, it's a GREAT IDEA.

 

[Bladexdsl]

I don't think they can pull off another handheld. I mean they gotta come full force with exclusives

like the ps5 and it's MANY exclusives

 

[Maximumbeans]

I sure hope they kit it out with robust firmware that cannot be broken. I'd hate to see a powerful handheld be ravaged by naughty pirates.

 

[raxadian]

Maybe this would work if Sony had not teased this before and released a streaming only piece of junk.

As it is, even if the thing runs PSP, Vita and Playstation games it will be an uphill battle.

Unless they release it with like a hundred PS2 games then it will sell well.

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

I sure hope they kit it out with robust firmware that cannot be broken. I'd hate to see a powerful handheld be ravaged by naughty pirates.

It'd be one of the most powerful handhelds. I'd love for it to be cracked so we could run emulators on it

 

[Exnor]

I honestly don't think it’s “stupidity,” I think it’s pride. Sony has a VERY long history of pushing their proprietary products. Maybe this time they will learn their lesson, but I honestly won’t be shocked if they just made it have built in memory like phones do and just push for higher memory models. Just something in my gut tells me Sony’s pride will either be proprietary memory or built in memory, just to avoid bending the knee to microSD cards

Its not pride, it's greed. $ony has a long history of greedy decisions.

 

[The Catboy]

Its not pride, it's greed. $ony has a long history of greedy decisions.

As a demon, greed and pride go hand in hand

 

[sarkwalvein]

I don't know... I have this feeling that Sony saturned their users with the PS Vita and then dreamcasted them with the PS5... I can only expect that they will either ouya their customers with a future handheld console, or even worse they might pull a stadia on them.

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

I don't know... I have this feeling that Sony saturned their users with the PS Vita and then dreamcasted them with the PS5... I can only expect that they will either ouya their customers with a future handheld console, or even worse they might pull a stadia on them.

You cant just use names like verbs that many times!

 

[codezer0]

Enjoy having your digital libraries stolen, on the go!

 

[subcon959]

To cut Sony a bit of slack, of the current gen consoles they are the ones that allow cheaper generic expansion whereas Microsoft went the expensive proprietary route.

It's moot anway as we all know the future is all digital with non-expandable storage.

 

[sarkwalvein]

To cut Sony a bit of slack, of the current gen consoles they are the ones that allow cheaper generic expansion whereas Microsoft went the expensive proprietary route.

It's moot anway as we all know the future is all digital with non-expandable storage.

Well, we all also know the future is about the Earth getting engulfed by a red giant, but I prefer not to think about the unavoidable terrifying fate that awaits us all.

 

[TomSwitch]

Finally Vita 2. Anyone care to ask for backward compatibility?

 

[Chrisssj2]

This will NEVER succeed. exclusives games are DEAD. Sony you damned yourselves with "playstation pc"
No one wants your playstation handheld.