Poll: Do You Want Another Portable PlayStation?

I believe everyone is different and has different needs. As a parent of 2 and always works away from home delivering medicine to hospitals on my down time i can play games on the nintendo switch and yes i have a ps4 also which i play games with my kids. I find that i game more with my switch than i do my ps4. I have over 60 ps4 games and 10 physical switch games and about 10 digital indie titles on switch and i get more fun out of it and more time to game.

I don't want another another playstation portable, I want ps4 (slim) portable so I can play ps4 game anywhere

It can be digital only as long as it support sdcard.

Ive heard Sony are in cahoots with the Vatican to develop the Sony Praystation.

Until portables are powerful enough to run The Witcher 3 I'll stick with home consoles for the most part.

Sony it's obvious that people are busy in life to be able to sit down to a system that sits at home all day compared to an handheld system they can actually bring on the go so if I was you try to follow in how the Nintendo switch did with there system and slowly start bringing a few amazing games out at a time during the beginning then more throughout the next months and pput new features to the system

Absolutely day one with no hesitation. The story thay vita has no games is ludicrous ; it has hundreds of unique games, many of which I would never have played on ps4,
many of which have become classics for me. Some games are just suited for portable too. Loads of the indie releases for instance, dont really do it for me on the big screen, but seem a perfect for vita.

That said, I don't think PS5 should sacrifice power for portability. Its less about graphics, but more about potential for driving interesting interactive worlds which are not possiblr on a portable right now.

Ultimately vita has been perfect for me. As someone who commutes to work, having the vita in my bag has provided me with thousands of hours of entertainment on the train. And for that reason I will always love it.

It would make more sense to see a portable PS5 when the time comes. 3 models, PS5 Portable (900/1080p), PS5 (1080p/1440p), PS5 Pro (1440p/4k). Each game could be built with all 3 'platforms' in mind from the start. Home gamers won't suffer from the many shortcomings of the Switch, but portable gamers will still live within the same ecosystem.

Splitting the main platform and the portable platform won't work. They need to share the same library. In my opinion, this was a major downfall of Vita in the west. It's too late for a PS4 Portable. The games/system wasn't designed to scale down.

Just make a ps5 that is 4k 60fps capable and ill buy it in a heart beat.

If they developed a Vita 2 with a little update in processing power and added L2, and R2 trigger buttons (they could do away with the motion controls and rear touch pad for all I care), then I'd buy one on day 1, and even buy proprietary memory cards for it too.

I'd prefer it if they didn't. I'd like all first party support to be dedicated to one platform.

Surely Nintendo are just early to the party on this one, after all there is only so far graphics et al can go, once these aspects have reaced their zenith Wouldn't it then be a natural transition to make consoles smaller and less obtrusive and a portable aspect will come into that, the progress of other tech better and cheaper wifi increase in battery durability will all make this an inevitability,how far we are from that is really all that remains to be seen.

I like handhelds due to my lifestyle. I don't want a cut down PS5 but I would like a new Sony handheld. I love the Switch but playing BOTW on the go made me think how awesome it would be to play HZD or UC on the go.

Not sure it would happen to be honest unless they could find a way to manufacture cheap. It would have to be a hybrid to attract developers. I've said this numerous times before (I think I got it from an Extra Credits video) but portable titles have historically been cheap and low risk to produce for studios. BUT if you are reproducing AAA experiences for a dedicated handheld, the budget goes up in line with AAA experiences. Nintendo get around this by catering to two markets in one device so devs need to work on the Switch to hit the Nintendo market. However, if the next Sony handheld was standalone, who is going to risk a massive budget on a new handheld?

...after the Vita debacle I can never trust Sony again to support another handheld... I was really on the fence with PSVR knowing just how poorly Sony support their new ideas (take a bow Play TV, Move, Vita, Wonderbook, Eye Toy, etc.) and then when they closed the RIGS studio right after PSVR launch it was like "oh no, duped by Sony again..." - still not convinced Sony have supported PSVR anywhere near as much as they could / should... but I'm giving it another year before I sell it... :/

I think they should try the portable route again in several years time when the tech is better. Nintendo can get away with things like the Switch because they haven't focused on things like amazing graphical fidelity and such since the GameCube, but I think too many PlayStation owners care about power for it to do super well. (Despite PC being a much better choice if you're looking for power, lol)

Plus, I think a lot of PS4 owners, in the West especially, just don't like the portable gaming experience nearly as much as playing on the TV, regardless of how powerful the portable is.

Haven't touched my PS4 or XB1 since the Switch came out. If the PS5 isn't hybrid, it will be the first Sony console I'll take a pass on. Done being tied to my tv like some sort of caveman.

PS5 should stay as a power house but a portable PlayStation will definitely be a very attractive buy (assuming Sony will support it properly)

As it stands now I think PS4 + Switch is a perfect combination..and I'm surprised at myself that how much compromise I'm willing to take for that extra portability.

I am not really into handhelds but I still got a 3ds because it has great exclusives. For me Vita (at least at first) was little more than a way to play ps3 games on the go so it felt redundant, and those memory cards didnt help.

I like Switch because it is flexible and again, because of the exclusives. For me to buy a Sony portable I would need either a hybrid or many must buy exclusives that their home console doesnt offer.

3DS for me is a fantastic handheld with a stunning list of games that I dare say rivals any other console out there/

Nope, I play video games in the comforts of my own home. If "I'm out" then I am not playing video games.

My opinion is that at this point a dedicated portable, Sony's or otherwise, would only be in the Switch's shadow. I'd say trying to mimick Switch's concept would also be a missed oportunity. Playstation's got it's thing, Nintendo finally got their s*** together, let's keep things the way they are. PS5 should continue to push 4K foward and all that technical stuff.

The Vita couldve easily been resurrected, alive and flourishing if only Sony had listened to consumers before releasing the "revised" PS Vita!!!
They had a great chance to right previous wrongs (Micro SD card compatibility and a full suite of PS4 compatible buttons for seamless remote play) but chose to stick to there greedy, cynical practices releasing a console reissue that very few bought! Wouldve been a must have for PS4 owners if remote play was perfect!! Instead we get a patchy remote play experience where some games are just completely unplayable!! At the risk of feeIing a bit ripped off I bought the L2/R2 add on from Japan ... helps a bit but still rubbish for some games... having to buy extra buttons for a console in 2017 is UNACCEPTABLE!!! Doubt they'll make another portable and wouldnt touch one if they did!!

Absolutely. It just needs to be more like PSP and less like PS Vita.

And please, nothing like the NS (Nintendo Switch). I don't want that at all, and Sony's implementations of handheld play on TV have already been better than what NS offers (see PSP TV out).

I loved the Vita while it was getting AAA games but after Killzone it was just an indie machine. Not why I bought it and wasn't how Sony marketed it.

A new portable from them would have to be well supported but I can't see them making one tbh.

I love my vita. It's such a great little console, but I don't have room in my life for this and the switch. I'd like the switch to become what the vita was for RPGs (persona 5 on switch please!) And Sony to focus on the bigger, beefier cinematic games on ps4.

A new Sony portable would be amazing in theory, but unfortunately I don't really think Sony have what it takes to make it work. The Vita is a wonderful system that Sony didn't know how to use properly. If they figure out the best way of doing it though, I'd definitely be on board.

For now though, I'm more than happy with PlayStation being my home console and the Nintendo Switch being a hybrid that fills in my 'second console' needs perfectly. Both consoles are great and together they cover just about every conceivable kind of gaming experience that I could want.

Ive said this from day one a phone that is gear toward games the vita should had been a phone the experia play was awsome but they didn't go anywhere with it like they should have

I would rather have something like the Switch to play my PS4 games on. But I wouldn't want to sacrifice the power of the PS4 or PS5 to do that because that means we wouldn't get the sort of games I like to play on the console. So maybe some sort of Hybrid is the best way to do it like the Switch but it would have to be powerful enough to run the latest AAA games. I still want to be able to play on the TV but would be convenient for me to be able to take my games on the go and have something portable for when the TV is being used. Remote play is a good way around this but I've got like the best Sony Xperia but I just don't think the WiFi is good enough meaning it's just annoying to try play that way. Doubt Sony would do a hybrid because they'd have to sacrifice on power or price so now I'll just hope the Switch gets a few really good third partie games like maybe Fallout 4 alongside the ones it's already got coming and pick that up and have the PS4 as my main Console and Switch as portable.

It's a shame that pure portables have gone the way of the dodo. Although some games work very well on phones, they aren't really an adequate replacement overall as they are restricted by their controls. Too many games are built around micro transactions, which is horrid.

I love the Vita and although I fully understand the economics behind not producing a successor, I do still wish they would. Sony made two lovely, capable handheld consoles in the PSP and Vita that felt like premium devices compared to Nintendo's cheaper offerings. The Vita is easily my second favourite portable ever behind the DS Lite. I find it comfortable to hold (a must for me as I have an arthritic condition) and the screen is nice, big and vibrant.

I've always enjoyed gaming on handhelds and feel that they can offer a different experience to consoles. I like getting comfortable on the sofa or in bed without having to stare at the TV. On the DS and PSP, handhelds almost single handedly sustained the Japanese RPG genre which was brilliant. They were also cheaper to develop for so it was easier for developers to take a risk. There are certain games that feel "at home" on portables, such as visual novels, owing to the large amount of reading involved. Although Danganronpa V3 is also out on the PS4, I've opted to get it for the Vita. I also got the Vita versions of Final Fantasy X, Odin Sphere and Trails of Cold Steel among others over the PS3 ones. It has a great library irrespective of Sony's piss-poor support.

I'm a big console gamer too and there are a lot of games that I'd only play on a console. A handheld would never be a replacement for a console, but would nicely compliment it. Although the switch is a nice concept I wouldn't want Sony to copy it. Have the PS5 as a traditional console with a decent bump in power over the current generation.

@BladeRider I like that idea as long as it got some proper AAA games to play on the thing I'd get it, mobile games a just crap.

Nope. Give me a powerful PS5 that will take advantage of my 4KTV.

I don't really game on the go, I got a tablet and several "smort" phones.
But I don't care to play games on the go, id rather do that at home.
Even with portable consoles.

Having said that, I would be down with another Playstation portable.
Providing it wont be an abortion like the Vita, with hideous expensive memory cards.

the PSP was and still is a great machine.
The Vita, not so much.

But if i had to choose between a psp 3 or a ps5, i'd choose for the ps 5.

I love the vita despite its commercial failure, I just finished demon gaze.

@get2sammyb No they are not American thank god for that.

@Savino I dont have time to play in other places so i completely disagree rather have more power then a portable.

I want both. An all-out PS5 home console, and a PlayStation Switch, or Vita 2 with a similar concept.

@Rob_230 well hey don't worry right now the Vita has games but it's the Switch that has no games as that's what people LOVE to say

My option was missing. I only play my vita when I go abroad. I've got a full 64gb card of games yet I never seem to find the time to play it. I'd rather the concentrated all their studios on the ps4 and the inevitable ps5.

@MadAussieBloke you say this yet PSP and PS Vita exist and those have the PlayStation brand slapped on it...

Play my Vita quite often and when I'm not I usually play on my 3DS so I'd guess while the market might not be as big as the home console one there is still a market for portables.

About the poll, I'm not sure that the question
"Which of the following is more important to you when purchasing games?"
fits in very well or makes too much sense. I'd guess an option about them actually being fun would be winning in that category if it existed.

I'd love one

I love my Vita but I play vastly more on PS4. I don't have time to play on the go or in my work office and I commute in my car.
I'm still very upset that there are only a few AAA titles for the Vita - Killzone and Uncharted Vita games were fantastic.
I will not buy a next handheld, especially from Sony.
By the way, I hate hybrid concept, I was hoping that Nintendo would make a new powerful home console, a successor to Wii U, so I was very disappointed when they presented Switch, therefore now I don't care about it.

I love the portability and playing local multiplayer with my Switch and it's two built-in controllers but at the same time I'd probably trade it in for a PS4 Pro/Scorpio level Nintendo home console so Zelda etc could have looked mind-blowingly good.

I always like the idea of playing portable games. Owned a Vita and 3DS and they always get relegated to holiday companion and nothing more. So, don't think I would buy a playstation branded handheld. The Switch, however, is the only way I can play Nintendo games and just so happens to be portable. Would I buy a beefier, non portable Switch over the current model....probably.

@AyanamiReign Ha. We posted nearly exactly the same comment at the same time.

Even if they produced one I would not buy another Sony portable happy with my Switch

Why not? But this time console needs more support
When i remember what sony done with ps vita ....
I hope if they want launch new portable they make more EX games even more than ps4!!!
Sony closed Gurilla ( wich made mercenery ) and gived bandi studio an AAA game
So wich studio could make a EX for new portable? None!

sony burned me with the vita. i might be interested, but definitely not day one.

just for comparison: wii u was a massive failure (much more so than the vita i would say) but still nintendo didn't burn me with it as at least the first-party support was..i wouldn't say very good, but it was good.

Of friggin' COURSE I want another portable PlayStation. Just like there will never be a Fire Emblem or a Zelda or a Metroid game on it, there will never be a LittleBigPlanet or a MotorStorm or a Gravity Rush on Nintendo hardware - and when are you supposed to play them past your college years? Disposable income is a currency exchanged for time, kids. :^P Sony's current "highly connected experience" is highly connected to the living room; PSVR is perhaps the primary poster child of that.

Meanwhile, PSP and Vita were big advocates for freeing home console games from their cable ball and chain; it would feel bitterly ironic to give it up now when Nintendo just went and broke the mold completely. 3DS showed that portable gaming remains in demand (and I'm eternally baffled by when on earth the DS phenomenon became a litmus plank for sales while a 2011 handheld rivaling the memetically beefed PS4 in total sales is treated dismissively). Smartphones showed that mobile gaming is sentenced to conceptual inferiority for years until moldable touch screens or something like that appears. Remote Play showed that streaming will be full of compromises for at least a few more years as well (and again, smartphones don't even accommodate this much without fancy third party accessories). We're at the point where Switch "revolutionized" the industry by merely EVOLVING it.

Portability does more than offer eye candy you end up in need of Digital Foundry's videos to point your eyes and nose towards. Portability does more than offer eleventy zillion teraflops none of which somehow makes stable framerate a guarantee these days nonetheless. Portability makes video games more accessible.

And mobile gaming simply got ahead by way of putting simple freemium games on widespread multimedia devices with near-constant online connectivity. Bonus irony points for thriving on many of the same genres that DS helped popularize back when smartphones had no touch screens for them and pocket PCs were still an expensive novelty. And after consoles have survived the perrenial rivalry of computer games in not dissimilar fields, why are smartphones supposed to be the doom of the dedicated gaming devices they refuse to so much as replicate the UI ergonomics of?

@Deadstanley Here's why I don't think a portable PS4 won't work. Scaling. PS4 games weren't designed to scale up or down. Scaling up isn't too hard because you can just increase certain features until performance suffers. It's not really the same when scaling down. REMOVING features isn't nearly as easy or scales nearly as well (heck, many games heavily underutilized the Pro as is). It would also be 100% REQUIRED to have a "portable" patch unless Sony can somehow work out all of the processing power of the PS4 into a portable (and then somehow they'll have to make the battery life tolerable). To get a PS4 game to run on even something like the Switch would require HEAVY modifications/downgrades. Optimization is one thing, but raw power is another. Nintendo has Nvidia on their side with their Tegra line. Sony would probably have to develop something in house unless AMD has some tricks up their sleeves. Considering how power hungry Ryzen is, I don't think AMD has any plans to hit the mobile market anytime soon.

Another major concern is file sizes. PS4 games can range anywhere form 1 to 100+gb. Even if the average game is probably between 5-10gb, that's A LOT of space for a portable. SD cards have come a long way, but they certainly aren't fast or cost effective.

The console market is slowly making some improvements similar to PC gaming. The PS4 and the PS4 Pro (or Xbone vs Xbone X) are great examples. You don't sacrifice ANY of the console benefits, but you still get a small slice of choice. The PC market is very very different since it's the developers who hurt the most from such a fragmented market.

PSP and Vita I could never get into. But I do play a good amount of Nintendo portable consoles. If Sony wants to make a new portable system, then yeah, go ahead. But I probably won't be interested in it.

Portability isn't a big advantage for my needs, so I'd prefer them to focus on graphics instead of handhelds. I play a lot of games on a portable device, but that's only because there's so many games that I love on the 3DS.

Anything that requires I buy games for it separately is a step backwards. A portable would need to be intertwined with PS base console to a heavy degree to make me interested

@Bagshot Playing on a tablet is good are you kidding me....

@Utena-mobile Im glad we agree thats a insult. 😁😃

@PostmanPatinator my thoughts exactly. If they bring out some good games that a portable gamephone hybrid could handle we would be great, id buy it in a heart beat

Sony should always focus on what they do best- home consoles.
However, I'll buy a new dedicated PlayStation handheld in a heartbeat. Let me earn trophies on the go.

I would actually love a portable ps4! I like the concept of the Switch but I don't care too much about Nintendo games - they are nice but I'd always rather play something else at the time they come out (with obvious exceptions)

@ShogunRok "Until portables are powerful enough to run The Witcher 3 I'll stick with home consoles for the most part." So that will be next then, I hope..

A poll on opinion of graphical power on a site dedicated to a platform who's entire selling point is graphical power??? Hmmmmm??? Wonder which way that went? Hahaha

How much little difference the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X actually bring to the table is laughable and shows graphical prowess has hit a ceiling for at least ten years.

Making genuine innovative advancements is now what the industry needs. Sony learning yet another lesson from Nintendo isn't a bad thing, especially if I meant next gen I could play, Battlefront 3, Battlefield 5, NHL 19, Uncharted 5, Tekken 8, online anywhere, anytime.

It's a no brained, huge step forward to give everyone more access to the games they love. Remote play is a feeble attempt and still is not anywhere near actuall portability.

I want more power!!!! It's ruining video games.

@Th3solution Ditto. I would use my Vita to remote play if it had a proper R2 and L2.

@dd8900 Yeah, remote play is okay for story based games like Life is a Strange or a Telltale game that doesn't have precise triggering or fast twitch mechanics. I played a little Dragon Age Inquisition on it and some MGSV but it just wasn't worth the struggle once you had to start shooting or using multiple input buttons. Always keep accidentally hitting the rear touch pad and randomly casting a spell or crouching in the middle of a melee or something. 😅

I just spent the last hour playing cold steel 2 at the pub on my ps vita. So the answer has to be yes.
Sony game library is to large not to have a portable system taking advantage
Imagine ps vita 2 that can play psp,playstation 1,2,3 and current ps vita games. Thats a huge library.
Go for it.

the only way it would make sense for anyone is if Sony & devs supported it like the PSP and not like how both abandoned the Vita from practically day one - well... day two to be fair. From how it sounds, Sony's not working up to the former, so no I'll pass

I'd get a new PSP2 if it had the power to play everything vita can, along with PS2 classics. But so much more would have to be done right, no proprietary memory cards and no worthless touchpad controls are a must.

Lol, PS5 having "more power" would mean a $500 console supporting 8K TVs that no one owns.

@BraveFencerZan Considering that ps4 struggles to play plenty of games at 1080p/60fps, I'd say more power would have nothing to do with 8k.

I already have two handhelds and only play on them occasionally. It sure is good to sit on a train or snug in bed playing on the little screen but I do much prefer to plonk down in front of the big screen for my gaming.

I think the release of the PS5 will be in 2019, for one sony is very invested in playstation VR and it's doing well sales wise; while the PS4 Pro offers some improvements for VR games over the base PS4 it still isn't where it should be visually, too many compromises have to be made in order to keep a high frame rate for a smooth experience. I think sony will want to improve the VR experience sooner rather than later.

Personally I think sony should build a machine that is twice the power of the PS4 Pro, that should be enough to do native 4K @60 FPS along with a few other visual enhancements.

4.2 GHz 8-core AMD CPU
8.4 TFLOP AMD GPU
16 GB GDDR5 RAM - REALISTICALLY 12 GB
UHD BLURAY DRIVE
2TB HDD - REALISTICALLY 1TB HDD

Its so funny. When the Vita came the complaint was that " people dont want console experiences on the go" now that is EXACTLY what people are calling for LOL

@crazykcarter I tyink the same thibg will happen to the Switch in a yr or so. There is no reason the Vita shouldnt have done well. Ppl talk about the memory card situation but switch has far more flaws than vita did ( ridiculously low internal memory in 2017, ridiculous voice chat 'solution' ect) and yet its forgiven?
The Vita showed ppl overall didnt want console experiences made portable. I bought the day 1 edition of the 3G Vita and loved it but not many other ppl did sadly.

@Cycologist Why do ppl act like Sony stopped supporting the Vita out of spite? Clearly it was because the cobsole wasnt selling and the games weren't selling. Killzone Mercenary was THE BEST portable shooter ever made at the time is launched but the general gaming populous was more interested in the (lets be honest) inferior 3ds with only 1 joy stick. Sales drive these decisions.

I think Sony are just waiting to see if the Switch will have a big success in the long term and have a large user base, but after what Andrew House said, I don't think Sony will go back for a portable device, not in the near future at least. I think Nintendo games work better on the go more than PlayStation's. If Sony will do a new portable device, i'm on board. But will I want to play The Last of Us Part II for example on the go? I don't think so. So you see, Sony may see that their games are not best experienced on a handheld, and I'm totally fine with that.

I would love to be able to have a portable version of their games, rather than just stream like with the Vita. I am skeptical of Sony as far as handhelds are concerned though, I don't want to buy a Vita. If they had a Switch-like console that was PS4 game compatible I would consider it, but then it would end up in the switchuation (hehe, see what I did there?) where they would have to sacrifice something to get it to run on the portable version. Honestly, I think it is entirely possible. They could handle it much in the way that they are doing the PS4 and the PS4 Pro.

@eaglebob345 A PS4Go? Thats not a horrible idea but then would ppl who already own a PS4 buy another version of it? I think They would have to go all in on it like nintendo did or not do it at all. Not a bad idea tho.

EDIT: After the PS4 lifecycle is done (2yrs into PS5 lets say) Sony could lntroduce a PS4Go and i think tjat would be a good time and a good move and it could be cheaper like $250 at launch.

@3Above I would love that! My only problem would be the storage space. Knowing Sony, they would probably want to have proprietary storage for it, like with the Vita. A 500GB card could be around $500!

Yep. I'd snatch up a new Sony handheld or hybrid in a moment.

They won't opt for this, though, because they're killing it on the home console front. Which is probably why I won't be investing in new Sony hardware for the foreseeable future. Pure home consoles aren't really attractive to me anymore.

"But the Nintendo Switch has thrown a curveball: Sony says that its status as a hybrid means that it’s a different approach, and it could easily be argued that the Mario maker went this direction with its new machine because it sees a similar lack of potential in the traditional Game Boy sector as its competitor."

This part of the article makes no sense. Even with the reduced market share for dedicated handhelds, Nintendo's handheld gaming consoles have always sold extremely well, 3DS included. It's pretty clear to me that Nintendo opted for the hybrid approach to avoid abandoning HD game development entirely and to consolidate their development resources on one platform.

@crazykcarter I agree. It was a great system but support died too early. Considering that 1yr and 9months later the PS4 came out spending $299 on Vita then loosing support was a bit much.

I've bought every new PlayStation platform at launch (barring hardware iterations), and will continue to do so for the main home systems. But after Sony's handling of the Vita, it's very unlikely I'd touch another handheld system from them for at least 18 months to 2 years.

They promised so much with/for the Vita, and delivered so little. It's a great system, but has been woefully supported.

I've been playing a ton of Mary Skelter lately and it has reminded me why I love my Vita so much. I'd very much love for Sony to drop a Vita 2 and I'd likely pick it up within the first 6 months of release.

Not to mention I've still got Persona 3&5 DAN coming and I'll be picking both those up day one. I've also got a pretty massive backlog of Vita games, so I don't see myself putting it away anytime soon.