The “PS5 Portable” is being talked about again, but still seems not very credible

Would you like to play Astro Bot or Spider Man 2 on the subway? According to rumors spread by Bloombergit could well be that your dream comes true thanks to the upcoming release of a PS5 Portable. In an article posted on November 25, the Anglo-Saxon newspaper explains that it has heard of Sony’s efforts to build a rival to the Steam Deck or the Nintendo Switch.

The idea would be to shake up Nintendo in this market, which continues to dominate with the Switch and soon the Switch 2, and not to let Microsoft launch quietly either, since the Redmond firm would also consider launching its own portable console. The desire would in fact be to pursue the dream of the PlayStation Portal which, according to Bloomberg, was originally designed as a true independent console and not as a portable screen for cloud gaming. Something that the gadget does, however, admirably well, let’s note it all the same.

Information to be taken with a pinch of salt

As Bloomberg indicates, these plans should nevertheless be taken with not a grain of salt, but a whole grain of salt, since “Sony’s handheld console probably won’t launch for years and the company might also decide not to bring it to market at all», Indicates the English-speaking media.

Taking a closer look, and as we already noted last July when this rumor appeared for the first time, it is a safe bet that Sony does not have much to gain from embarking on the adventure of the laptop. Certainly, the dream of playing your PS5 games on the move is mouth-watering, but, technically, it is difficult to imagine a portable console capable of offering the same gaming experience as Sony’s powerful home console .

Huge technical difficulties

Even by teaming up with AMD, it seems technically unthinkable to offer the same graphic quality and the same fluidity on a small portable console as on a power monster capable of drawing 200 watts of power into the game. Unless you imagine a Copernican revolution in mobile development in the coming years. The other solution would be to lower the graphic quality of the games to make them less demanding, but again problems of optimization and development time allocated to the small console would arise.

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Even the giant Steam cannot offer the same experience on its Steam Deck as on PCs with ultra high-end graphics cards. If the PlayStation Portal is not a console strictly speaking, but more of a connected screen, it is probably still the best portable alternative to the PS5… as long as you have a network.