Sony is preparing a portable console capable of playing PS5 games locally. This portable console would therefore not require an Internet connection, unlike the PlayStation Portal. The portable console market is expected to experience further growth in the coming years.
According to information from Bloomberg, Sony is preparing a portable console. This portable console would differ from the PlayStation Portal on one specific point: the way to run PS5 games. As a reminder, PlayStation Portal allows you to stream PS5 games from a nearby PS5 or via the cloud thanks to a recent update. This time, Sony is preparing a portable console capable of playing PS5 games locally. It would therefore no longer be necessary for players to have an Internet connection.
In reality, the creation of this new portable console would have already started with the PlayStation Portal. The latter would therefore be a first step in the creation of a new Sony portable console. As Bloomberg specifies, we will therefore have to wait several years before being able to get our hands on this new portable console from Sony.
For his part, the always very well informed Tom Henderson confirmed this information on explaining: “ I hadn’t thought to bring it up yet because it seemed obvious to me, but yes, PlayStation is developing a native handheld device for the PS5. Development began after the release of PlayStation Portal, which exceeded Sony’s expectations ».
After the success of the PSP and the failure of the Vita, Sony seems to have decided to return to the portable console market. But the Japanese company is not the only one to enter the race. Indeed, Xbox is also preparing a portable console of its own. As for Nintendo, the arrival of the successor to the Nintendo Switch would be imminent… The portable console market should therefore experience a second wind in the coming years.
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