New PlayStation handheld in the works – Sony sets its sights on the Nintendo Switch's success

Sony seems to beryllium shifting gears, arsenic a caller study claims that different PlayStation handheld strategy is successful the works, hoped to beryllium capable to play PS5 games natively.

PlayStation is reportedly reentering the handheld marketplace successful a bid to swallow immoderate of the Nintendo Switch's success, and no, it's not doubling backmost connected the PS Portal either.

Has Sony lone conscionable remembered its aureate property of PlayStation handhelds? Because it surely seems that way. Of course, we tin hardly responsibility the institution for going all-in connected the PS5 and abandoning the PSP and PS Vita – aft all, determination are heaps of games connected the console that marque it unmissable this generation. However, it seems that each of a sudden, there’s been a alteration of heart, with whispers that an honest-to-goodness PlayStation handheld is successful the works. And we’ll surely instrumentality it if it makes its output better.

A large PS Portal upgrade has touched down for PS Plus members, introducing a unreality gaming beta for the instrumentality that nary longer means that the Portal has to beryllium utilized successful tandem with an activated PS5 console. The database of games playable is constricted to a postulation of PS Plus Premium PS5 titles, but it’s a fantastic commencement successful getting the-little-device-that-could disconnected of store shelves and into the hands of players. That said, it's a mediocre substitute for a due PlayStation handheld, and erstwhile the realisation dawned that it was a distant play instrumentality alternatively than a PS Vita successor, immoderate of america were beauteous disappointed.

But now, if leakers are to beryllium trusted, it seems that the Sony has yet travel to its senses, and is returning to its PlayStation handheld roots, arsenic caller reports assertion that replicating the occurrence of the Nintendo Switch (and the Steam Deck) is successful its sight.

PlayStation comes for the Switch’s crown

Following the quality that the PS Portal is taking a measurement distant from being reliant connected the PS5, it's been revealed by a caller Bloomberg report that Sony is processing a caller PlayStation handheld that’ll springiness players the accidental to play PS5 games extracurricular of their houses. A caller concept, I know. The instrumentality is said to beryllium capable to play PS5 games natively, removing the request for net transportation oregon a PS Plus Premium subscription to entree unreality capabilities.

The PlayStation handheld is expected to beryllium years retired astatine this stage, truthful don't get excessively excited – but adjacent so, it’ll beryllium a large woody if Sony pulls it off. The handheld abstraction has been dominated by Nintendo for the past (and astir of the current) console generation, and to spot Sony stepping backmost into the ringing volition beryllium an absorbing trial of whether players volition truly take Nintendo’s exclusives implicit PlayStation’s erstwhile they some inhabit some the location console and handheld markets. That said, the Steam Deck doesn't look to person impacted Switch sales, and Nintendo's strategy relies connected keeping its ain IP connected its ain hardware.

The existent test, though, is seeing however PS5 games tally connected the impending PlayStation handheld, apt demanding much powerfulness than the Steam Deck – but it remains to beryllium seen. All we person present are this study and the expected rumour mill to statesman turning, but if each are to beryllium believed, it looks similar PlayStation is astir to dispersed retired massively.