Sony's Move in Handheld Game Console Market PlayStationPortal's Success and Future Plans

TapTechNews August 26th news, although the PlayStationPortal is just a streaming device, its market performance is extremely excellent, which prompts Sony to re-examine the handheld game console field. According to industry insider Tom Henderson, Sony is closely watching the handheld game console market.

TapTechNews noted that this further confirms the previously leaked rumor by Moore'sLawisDead, that is, Sony is developing a PSVita successor with a custom AMD chip. This device doesn't have a definite release date yet, but Sony may announce this new device after Microsoft's Xbox handheld game console is launched in 2026. By then, AMD's Zen6 and RDNA5 architectures will have matured and are expected to be seen in many handheld game consoles of manufacturers including ASUS and MSI.

Given the success of the PlayStationPortal, it is reasonable to推测 that Sony may launch another version, possibly equipped with a high refresh rate OLED screen, and then consider developing a handheld game console that can run games locally.