In their history of developing game consoles, Sony had great success with the legendary PSP, a portable console that they wanted to continue with the PS Vita. Unfortunately, the latter It failed due to very poor sales, which apparently forced PlayStation to abandon the handheld market..
A new report points to the potential release of a new PlayStation laptop. Although this is far from officially confirmed information, it is a rumors the most interesting thing is that it makes sense in the current landscape of this market.
PS Vita 2 is compatible with PS4 and PS5 games
The rumor comes from the Moore’s Law is Dead YouTube channel, which has been right in the past with some leaks about hardware issues. In his last program a a purported leak that points to the start of development on Sony’s new handheld console which will run on an AMD chip.
According to the information provided, the Japanese company is working on it laptop with a custom AMD APU processor and is only in the high-level design phase, that is, it has not yet received approval to become a marketable product. If this happens, it will be available for at least two years.
As for the technical characteristics, it says so The processor will have at least 18 CU so that the platform can be compatible with PS4 and PS5 games, while there were some optimization adjustments. The person behind this alleged leak points out that it’s entirely possible that this platform Be part of the potential PS6 ecosystem and that it goes on sale as a low-powered console aimed mainly at the Japanese market.
If you analyze the rumours, It makes sense for Sony to go back to portability. Last year, the company launched PS Portal as an option to stream PS5 games to a dedicated device over the air. He growth of platforms like Nintendo Switch and dedicated gaming laptops such as Steam Deck and ROG Ally could also contribute to PlayStation’s renewed interest in this market.
