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’s PS5 Pro has been out less than a month, but there’s already speculation about what its next gaming hardware release could have in store for us. And the latest report isn’t about some even more high-performance PS6 – rather, it’s that Sony is working on a new handheld that’ll be able to play PS5 games natively.

Sony is developing a new handheld console, which won't rely on other consoles to work like the PlayStation Portal. According to Bloomberg sources, the console is in the early stages of development and is primarily meant to rival the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 and Microsoft's handheld Xbox.