Talk about Portable PlayStation, without a doubt, reminds other times. The times when smartphones have not yet entered our lives with such force, and when a camera was used to take pictures, GPS was used to navigate in unknown places, an mp3 player was used to listen to music and, of course. To play anywhere, we turned to portable consoles. The appearance of smartphones completely stopped the life of all these devices. Or not?
Well, the truth is that it is not. Although the sector seemed to have practically given up and the only options were the Nintendo Switch and some “niche” console models, Suddenly Valve surprised us all in the summer 2021, announcing Steam Deck. As you already know, this console was not only an absolute success for the company, it also brought life back to the world of portable consoles, in which today we can find more devices, and from time to time we learn about new one manufacturer that has also decided to make the leap.
In this regard, Quite a long time we waited for the “answer” from Sony, a new handheld console, and when the PlayStation Vita 2 was rumored last April, many people got their hopes up. Some expectations that of course went into the trash when it was confirmed that Sony’s proposal was the PlayStation Portal. At the time, it was difficult to understand, and frankly, it remains today.
However, it seems that now they have decided to move in a logical direction and, as we can read in Wccftech, Sony is already developing a portable PlayStation which will face the growing and very active consoles market of this type. The development is still, yes, at a fairly early stage, so we will still have to wait a while (we are talking about years, not months) until it is on the market (unless the project is canceled, of course).
The most important information (along with the project existence, of course) is Sony collaborates with AMD to develop a special APU for this console, and that the device should be compatible with all PlayStation 4 titles available on the PS Store, as well as some PS5 titles. This is undoubtedly Sony’s answer to all the manufacturers who have already shown that it is possible to bring PC games to a laptop (Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, etc.) and the interest of users in this. opportunity..
Two years (or maybe more) is still a long time to start thinking about Sony’s specific plans, although it’s more than likely that they’re already working on it. However, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to think that their plans include bringing this portable PlayStation to market. Almost simultaneously with launch PlayStation 6 and of course, there’s also some kind of connection between the two devices, like being both a standalone video game console and a next-gen Portal-like controller.
