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PS5 Portable is new handheld rival to Nintendo Switch and Xbox claims report

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EA Sports FC 25 running on PlayStation Portal
We have already got the Portal, however this different handheld gained’t depend on cloud streaming (Sony)

A brand new report has added gasoline to rumours of a brand new PlayStation handheld, however apparently it’s not the PlayStation 6.

Last 12 months, Sony launched a brand new handheld machine referred to as the PlayStation Portal, which helps you to take pleasure in your PlayStation 5 video games on a smaller display screen. It doesn’t run video games itself although and simply streams them out of your present console.

Much just like the PS5 Pro, the Portal was designed solely as a distinct segment product, for hardcore followers, however whereas Sony hasn’t shared precise gross sales figures it appears to have proved extra common than they anticipated.

So a lot so {that a} current report alleges that Sony is contemplating taking a correct crack on the handheld market once more with a brand new machine impressed by each the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5.

Is Sony making a brand new PlayStation Portable?

According to Bloomberg, Sony is within the early phases of creating a brand new PlayStation handheld machine that builds on the PlayStation Portal, and the purpose is for it to natively run PlayStation 5 video games.

As a reminder, the PlayStation Portal can solely stream video games out of your PlayStation 5, so it gained’t work and not using a steady Wi-Fi connection. While not a lot of a difficulty when at dwelling, it does imply the Portal just isn’t very best for lengthy prepare journeys or the like.

Bloomberg’s sources have been eager to emphasize that any new handheld remains to be years away from popping out, and Sony might wind up altering its thoughts and never launch it in any respect.

There was chatter of Sony creating a brand new handheld only a few months in the past, with insider Tom Henderson (who was the primary to leak PS5 Pro particulars) claiming Sony was ‘paying very shut consideration to the present handheld market.’

There have additionally been rumours {that a} new transportable is being developed alongside the PlayStation 6, and each of them will make use of AMD {hardware}.

It might be that the 2 units are one and the identical, and that’s the place a number of the current speak concerning the PlayStation 6 has come from, however each potentialities are equally exhausting to think about.

How Sony would take one thing as large as a PlayStation 5 and shrink it right down to the scale of a Nintendo Switch is unclear, even with a number of years of bettering expertise, particularly given what that means about battery size.

Let’s not overlook the rationale the PlayStation 5 is so chunky is so it may possibly home the cooling fan and cease the console overheating. So, condensing that into one thing you’ll be able to comfortably maintain in your fingers could be no small feat.

Why is Sony making a brand new PlayStation Portable?

Aside from probably being emboldened by the Portal’s success (industry analyst Mat Piscatella stated it was nonetheless the best-selling gaming accent of the 12 months final month), Bloomberg’s sources stated the purpose of the brand new handheld is, clearly, to broaden Sony’s attain and rival each Nintendo and Microsoft.

Although gross sales of the Nintendo Switch have been dropping, particularly as curiosity shifts to the Switch 2, it’s been tremendously profitable and will very effectively change into the best-selling console ever by 2025.

Meanwhile, Microsoft admitted it’s creating prototypes for its personal Xbox handheld simply a few weeks in the past. Although, as with Sony, it’s unclear whether or not they imply for a present gen machine or a subsequent gen mannequin.

It’s commonplace for each corporations to be influenced by Nintendo, as Kinect and PlayStation Move show, and it might be that Microsoft and Sony are ready to see what the Switch 2 appears to be like like with extra curiosity than even most players.

Xbox Series X console and controller
Sony and Microsoft appear to actually desire a piece of the Switch pie (Microsoft)

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