New PlayStation console rumor is a literal game-changer

Sony launched the PlayStation Portal just a bit over a 12 months in the past, permitting customers to remotely play video games from their PlayStation 5, and shortly, the cloud. However now it appears Sony is seeking to take its handheld console endeavors to the subsequent degree.

In response to Bloomberg, Sony is reportedly engaged on creating a brand new handheld console that would rival the Nintendo Change, and it is successor, the Switch 2. The brand new PlayStation handheld will allow you to play PlayStation 5 video games natively on the machine, relatively than counting on distant play or the cloud just like the PlayStation Portal. Nevertheless, the machine’s future continues to be up within the air.

“Sony’s transportable machine is probably going years away from launch and the corporate may nonetheless resolve towards bringing it to market, the folks mentioned, asking to not be named discussing non-public plans,” Bloomberg mentioned in its report.

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Sony has its eyes on its rivals

The Change 2 is coming quickly and Valve’s Steam Deck is already out

The information that Sony is reportedly engaged on a brand new gaming handheld is not solely unsurprising contemplating the place its rivals are at. Nintendo is tough at work on the Change 2, the long-awaited successor to the Nintendo Change, which is anticipated to launch sooner or later subsequent 12 months. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer recently said that Xbox is experimenting with its personal handheld machine too. Valve’s Steam Deck is already available on the market, and is a robust handheld machine that lets customers play tons of of Steam video games on the go.

Given the place its rivals are at, it will be foolish for Sony to not take into account re-entering the hand-held area. Whereas the PlayStation Portal is technically a handheld gaming machine, it solely performs video games remotely (or from the cloud, however that is in beta), and would not run video games natively on the machine. The success of the Nintendo Change and the Steam Deck is a sign that gaming handhelds may be profitable, if executed proper.

Sony does have a historical past with gaming handhelds, specifically the PSP and PSVita. The PSP was my go-to handheld gaming machine again within the day, and I’d like to see Sony make a critical return to the hand-held area. If Sony could make a gaming handheld related in high quality to the Steam Deck, that performs PlayStation 5 video games natively, it may have an actual game-changer on its arms — and be a fierce competitor to the Change 2.

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