It is clear that portable consoles are experiencing a renaissance. The Switch, ROG Ally, Steam Deck, and other similar hardware have demonstrated the public's interest in playing games away from their PC or home console. Thus, it seems that sony It also plans to join this growing market.
Although there is no official information at the moment, A document has been leaked revealing that Sony has hired AMD to create a portable console. Despite the lack of details, it has been mentioned that this hardware could run PlayStation 4 games, as well as certain PS5 titles.
The leak has indicated that this new portable console would use 18 CUs to run PlayStation 4 games through backward compatibility in a completely digital way. However, PlayStation 5 titles would need an optimization patch so they can work on this platformsomething similar to what happens on the Steam Deck with verifications.
Now, the leak has also mentioned that this portable console would be part of the PlayStation 6 family, and would work as an alternative for the Japanese market, where the hardware industry has always been strong. In this way, it is expected that this part will be available at some point in 2028, the year in which the next generation of PlayStation would begin.
As always, at the moment there is no official information from Sony or AMD regarding the development of this portable console. However, this is not a crazy idea. With the growing market of this type, It is clear that companies like Sony and Microsoft want to have their own hardware that you can take everywherewithout the need to have a television to connect to.
Along with this, let us remember that the Switch 2 would hit the market next year, so competition will increase severely in the coming months. Between high-powered consoles, like the ROG Ally and Steam Deck, and emulation-focused fan creations, like the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro, Consumers have many options availableso each company has to offer something unique that is capable of attracting your attention.
While the PlayStation Portal is a portable option, it is not a console as such, but a receiver for the transmission of the PlayStation 5. We can only wait to see what Sony's plans will be in this market. On related topics, they create a portable PlayStation 1. Likewise, Puma announces collaboration with PlayStation.
Author's Note:
A portable PS4 sounds interesting, but considering that the PlayStation offer is coming to PC, so titles like Ghost of Tsushima and God of War are available on the Steam Deck, the Japanese company has to think of a good way to sell this product.
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