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Hey, it looks like at long last we might finally get a successor to the good old Vita.

Sources say Sony is in the early stages of developing a portable console to play PS5 games,

building on the PlayStation Portal, although its launch is still probably years away.

Quoting Bloomberg, the idea builds on the PlayStation Portal, an 8-inch handheld device

Sony released in

2023 that allows users to play PS5 games by streaming them over the internet.

Tokyo-based Sony initially had intended for it to function as a standalone device like

Valve's Steam Deck, the people said. Building a mobile device that's capable of directly

playing PS5 games would potentially make Sony's software

more accessible and appealing to a wider audience. The company has taken several steps in

recent times in that direction, including making a bigger push into mobile and PC gaming, as well as

live service titles. Mobile gaming, which brings in the bulk of the industry's revenue each year,

is today dominated by smartphones.

Nintendo's Switch console has carved out a lucrative niche for itself by offering the versatility of being playable both on the move and connected to a TV set.

Its successor is expected to be released in 2025 and will retain compatibility with Nintendo's rich library of existing Switch titles,

potentially sparking an upgrade cycle among users of the nearly eight-year-old console.

Sony and Microsoft have not competed with their own portable gaming hardware for years,

following popular but ultimately unsuccessful products like the PSVita and PlayStation Portable,

which were discontinued a decade ago, end quote.

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