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,

It’s said that the device builds on the PlayStation Portal, which was originally designed as something akin to this before moving to streaming.

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.

PlayStation 5 games may now be played anywhere thanks to a new portable gaming system that Sony is currently producing. The console is reportedly "years away from launch" — if Sony chooses to release it at all — and is being built to compete with Nintendo and Microsoft in the portable gaming market,

All three major console platform holders are working on handheld devices.

Sony is currently making a new handheld gaming console that allows users to play PlayStation 5 games anywhere. According to Bloomberg, the console is being developed to compete against Nintendo and Microsoft in the portable gaming market, and is likely “years away from launch” — if Sony decides to release it at all.

Sony seems to be shifting gears, as a new report claims that another PlayStation handheld system is in the works, hoped to be able to play PS5 games natively.

Sony is reportedly contemplating a new PlayStation gaming handheld, intending to compete with Nintendo and possibly Xbox in the future.

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.

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.