Sony’s PlayStation 5 console has been a resounding success, so much so that it turned the Japanese company into AMD’s biggest customer in a few short years.
Rumor mill: Back in 2017, Sony said it saw no reason to develop another handheld console given the dominance of smartphones as mobile gaming devices. It’s unlikely the company has had a change of heart on the matter, but some fresh rumors point to some sort of PlayStation handheld. Unfortunately for fans of the PSP/PS Vita, it sounds like it would simply be an accessory for PlayStation 5 owners.
Sony’s PlayStation 5 console has been a resounding success, so much so that it turned the Japanese company into AMD’s biggest customer in a few short years. Its popularity didn’t help sell as many PSVR 2 headsets as the tech giant had hoped, but that’s more of a timing problem and a reflection of a slowing VR market.
Lately, the rumor mill has been abuzz with hints about a PlayStation 5 with a detachable disc drive that could launch later this year as well as an upgraded PlayStation 5 Pro model that could leverage the RDNA 3 architecture for better ray tracing performance. The latter device is likely more than a year away from an official announcement, but it’s also not the only new console cooking in Sony’s labs.
