Sony’s making a handheld console to compete with Nintendo and Microsoft

Sony is at the moment making a brand new handheld gaming console that permits customers to play PlayStation 5 video games anyplace. According to Bloomberg, the console is being developed to compete towards Nintendo and Microsoft within the moveable gaming market, and is probably going “years away from launch” — if Sony decides to launch it in any respect.

Sony’s efforts to not be left behind would construct on the PlayStation Portal: the eight-inch gaming gadget it launched final yr that wirelessly streams PS5 video games from the cloud — however, in keeping with Bloomberg, was initially meant to perform as a standalone gadget. The brand new gadget would enable video games to be performed natively somewhat than over Wi-Fi, probably increasing Sony’s viewers and making its video games extra accessible.

This isn’t utterly new territory for Sony, having beforehand launched moveable gaming consoles like the PS Vita and PlayStation Portable — however these have lengthy since been discontinued.