Known journalist and leaker Jeff Grubb has taken to Twitter and has made mention of a possible new PlayStation handheld.
Earlier this week we reported that is said to be Sony announcing a new piece of hardware soon. According to leaker Tom Henderson, this new hardware will arrive before the rumored PlayStation 5 Pro model. “When this new hardware does get announced, it’s going to be very interesting to see what the competition thinks of it”, Henderson mentioned about this new hardware in a stream.
Whether this new Sony hardware is related to what Grubb has now been mentioning on Twitter is unknown, and although this isn’t a confirmation of any sort, Grubb writes that he’s heard about a “cloud-streaming handheld” from Sony. In addition, the journalist mentions that fans should keep their expectations in check regarding a possible PlayStation Vita successor.
“I am traveling to Super Nintendo World, but I see the reports about a potential Vita 2, and I would definitely scope down those expectations.”, Grubb writes on Twitter. “I’ve only ever heard about a cloud-streaming handheld.”
Unfortunately, Grubb didn’t share more details about what he’s heard about a possible cloud-streaming device portable device from Sony. As always with these kinds of rumors, take this ‘information’ with a fair pinch of salt as Sony hasn’t confirmed the existence of a new portable PlayStation device. On the contrary, back in 2016, Sony’s former CEO Jack Tretton said that the industry has shifted to non-gaming dedicated portable devices. “Now that I don’t work there anymore, I think internally it was: ‘This is a great machine, it’s just too late.’ The world has shifted to portable devices that aren’t dedicated gaming machines,” Tretton told IGN.
More recently, in 2019, now PlayStation head Jim Ryan added that Sony is no longer interested in making gaming handhelds.
“PlayStation Vita was brilliant in many ways, and the actual gaming experience was great, but clearly, it’s a business that we’re no longer in now,” the CEO told Game Informer in 2019.
