Claims are pointing that Sony is currently developing a new portable console, capable of playing PlayStation 5 games.

While the PlayStation Portal offered a way to play PS5 games remotely, it wasn’t a standalone handheld. In fact, it’s been about 14 years since the PS Vita appeared, and now, according to a report from Bloomberg,

Sony was once committed to mobile gaming with devices like the PSP and PlayStation Vita, but it abandoned handheld gaming just before the market got interesting. Following the massive success of devices like the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck,

Sony is reportedly set to return to the handheld console market with a new portable PlayStation that plays PS5 games on the go.

In its heyday, I used the PlayStation Portable (PSP) obsessively, but I haven't been pulled in by other handheld devices — no, not even the Nintendo Switch. That could change in the future as Sony is reportedly developing a new portable console that would offer games directly on-device,

Sony may be working on a portable version of the PlayStation 5, but it feels like there are already more reasons to write it off than look forward to it.

Recent reports of a new PlayStation handheld device have reminded me of how much I love the Portal but still yearn for a standalone device.

Move over, PlayStation Portal—a new Sony handheld is seemingly in the works. But could it compete with the Nintendo Switch or Valve's Steam Deck?

It’s not too late for the major console makers to make a handheld, but reports note a PlayStation handheld may still be years away.

Sony is reportedly working on a PlayStation handheld that can play PS5 games, but like Xbox's planned device, it's years away.