
Sony may be considering two models of the PS6: a traditional stationary console and a handheld. Reports emerged earlier this month that the platform holder is developing two systems-on-a-chip (or SoCs) with its long-term partner AMD, suggesting there may be two versions of its next-gen console. While any talk of handhelds is speculation, it’s rumoured Microsoft will be following the same path for future Xbox formats.
And according to a Push Square poll, you’re all open to the idea. 44% of you said you love playing on handhelds and would purchase a portable PS6, while a further 39% of you said you’re open to the idea but need more information. Only 18% said they don’t like portables and wouldn’t consider a product like this.
Of course, a hypothetical handheld PS6 would come with compromises: it’d likely be expensive, heavy, and would presumably have a short battery life. But if Sony could somehow offer the entirety of its next-gen console’s library on a portable platform, it would be a potentially compelling option.

It’s worth noting, Sony has found success with the PS Portal, and we wonder if it would be more effective following this route. If the platform holder could make considerable improvements to Remote Play, the accessory would be more effective when used in the home – and improvements could even be made over Wi-Fi, too.
It’ll be interesting to see what kind of strategy the Japanese giant adopts for its next-gen console. The emergence of the Steam Deck and other PC-based handhelds like the ROG Ally has given the high-powered handheld market a shot in the arm – although the overall sales of these devices are generally lower than the PS Vita, which is widely considered a commercial flop.
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The PlayStation 6 Portable. Comes with a download code for Daxter 2.
Can use a poll on this would u consider a home console ps6 or a portable ps6 🤔
I am honestly scared of this. Imagine if those are indeed 2 diffrent for same games, we will have another reason why the full ps power is not used due to some other lower version needed to run the game. As if the previous generations are not pulling back enough ...
My gaming is done on a couch in front of a 65" OLED. Can't imagine the battery life in this thing would be good either.
Great. Now I can take modern gamings disappointments with me on the go!
@Sergo I suppose the theory is that games would easily be able to scale to the two devices. I trust Cerny but I understand your concern.
@McTwist Well, it should be able to run retro games and remasters as well!
Probably not as I'm kind of an introvert so I'd have no use for it 😅. I do think it would be a good option to offer though especially if they want to do well in Asian markets
We need to thank Nintendo for making portables hugely popular again with the Switch, which has led to Sony considering making a portable again. This might also lead to more AA games being produced which are suited to handhelds, and more variety, more often.
Not interested in portable gaming in the slightest. Anyone making a portable only system loses my custom, Im simply not interested.
I wouldnt buy a solely portable ps6 unless it was nowhere near the cost of the ps5 pro but id be interested in a hybrid like the switch on the basis that it didnt hold the home console back.
@twenty90seven While your not wrong, I would also say the Steam Deck too because that showed you can make a portable without it needing it's own games for it to sell.
A new PSP would need to be native to really take off, it would need to play PS4 games natively and stream PS5/6 games (can't see tech advancing enough for native PS5)
It would also be a way to get a bigger foothold into the Japanese market with them far more into portable gaming.
They could potentially do another Portal later on for a cheaper price as an option.
Sony should make the PS6 a traditional and handheld hybrid console like Nintendo Switch. DualSense can stay as a standalone accessory.
I think the concern is the same as we see with the Xbox S and the X, @get2sammyb, where the S is seen to hold back the quality of games that the X receives, and in some cases, sees games completely skip both because of the issues the S causes. Thus if a game has to have the same features on both the PS6 handheld, and the PS6, and the handheld is not capable of doing that, the fear is that those features would be removed completely, which is widely believed to be happening with the Xbox X.
Personally, I have no interest in a handheld, but do worry about the possibility of a game being scaled back so as to run the same on both models...
If it could play all my PS4 digital content, I'd be all in.
There's no way in hell a portable PS6 would be at a level needed to run PS6 games. Even "portible" PC's have limitations on the games they can and can't run and even most powerful "portable" PC is still far weaker then current gen consoles.
And you can play the new demake Horizon Zero Dawn Unmastered on your PS6 Portable right now!
PS5 Pro is not even out and has been made irrelevant, as there's already so much talk about the PS6 and their "prospect buyers"
How is the optional extra cost disk drive going fit on the PS6 portable?🤔🤣
Also thinking where pricey stand goes……
@Fiendish-Beaver You make an excellent point, I feel the same way.
No interest. I barely play my switch in portable mode, since my eyes much prefer a larger screen in my old age.
A portable PS6 would be wasted on someone like me. Especially since it’d probably be digital only, I don’t see them adding a blu-ray drive to a portable device.
If Sony produce a handheld with the same ergonomics as the Rog Ally (which I love), with a 1080p1440p OLED screen, capable of remote play as well as local installs to complement a full fat PS6 console then I would be all in.
What would be really neat is if they found a way, a la Proton, to integrate steam within the PSN ecosystem giving you access to platform exclusives and the steam catalogue.
nothing have meaning with battery life shorter than 4 hours.
I'm kind of thinking a portable ps6 wouldn't be that portable , ive got an image in my head of people sat on a train with a 14 inch tv on their laps.😁
I wonder if this would also be a steamdeck like handheld, like what Xbox is supossedly gonna do. Where that games created for the PS6 will work on it as well as on PC. Or that devs would need to create seperate games for it like earlier PSPs and Vitas.
Cause if Xbox is planning the former, i wonder how PS can compete if they create a handheld that necessitates seperate game development.
I'd rather the home console be the premiere console gaming experience PS is known for than for the games to be compromised to work on portable hardware. In my ideal world, they'd make a full-blown PS6 to go under the telly, and have a companion portable that was able to play the same games natively (and not just Remote Play) so that I can take it on work trips or holiday. But this might hold the games back (like the Series S holds back the Series X).
Maybe PS can figure out some clever way that the games realise they're running on a portable PS6 SKU and automatically downscale the experience in a way which doesn't require developers to compromise on the TV experience.
Imagine having a 700€ console in your backpack and you accidentally drop it, leave it on the train, it gets soaked in the rain... So many scenarios where it can go wrong.
Anyway I wouldn't be surprised if they were looking into this option, seeing the switch is a succes (also because of world events). The switch 2 will be a great benchmark to see if the dual option will still be a great succes or not, and what price people are willing to pay for it.
@1UP-HUSKY And yet most people do this EVERY DAY with a mobile phone.
PS6 can be both Console and Handheld if the game media using cartridge like Switch.
Super Cartridge, with bigger size can compress 100 GB file into 33 GB.
Just saying my idea.
What do you think?
I can't imagine Sony looking at the disaster and headache that the S was for everyone (especially developers) and thinking "yup, we need our own X and S asap!" so a portable is the most likely scenario which is absolutely the right decision.
@1UP-HUSKY imagine having a €1000 phone
@naruball @themightyant that's true, didn't think about that . I usually keep my phone in my pocket but I also never buy a phone worth more then 150. I would have a panic attack every 15 minutes if I would have 1000€ phone.
I have a steamdeck so no. I'll get the proper ps6
@Major_Player
You'd be a fool to assume that the techies at SONY doesn't work in advance on a new console. They don't go up a mountain on Sunday and carry down a shipment of PS6s for launch the day after.
So, if there are continuous work being done on future generations there's also rumourmongering brought about by the homeless and jobless caste called journos, influenzas and the chronically online.
Notice that PlayStation ISN'T talking about the PS6.
Please no. God, Please no. I want a console for my tv not a portable or hybrid.
@jrt87 there are probably more then we know. Even the advertising shows it like that. I always put the switch in a casing. I even did that with the GB pocket back in the day. I hate scratched screens.
Not interested in a portable, but have no problem with one being offered for those who are. Now…can we get back to talking about the PS5, PLEASE?!
I’m no tech expert so im going to ask the question. Would it be possible to bluetooth a Portal 2 to a ps6 so that it’s like a seamless link and rock solid with no lag? Is this how the switch works I presume but the fact the GPU/CPU is in the handheld itself makes me think it’s held back in terms of power due to the size. I don’t want ps6 to be portable if it means a downgrade in graphics etc. so will the console be a separate block sitting in the corner sending its picture to the portal 2 for example
I appreciate that’s more than one question. I’d like a traditional box and then the choice to buy a handheld screen but only if it’s using a solid connection like I’m hoping this is part of what PS link will become
I like the idea of a handheld ps6 as long as it doesnt hold back the sationary console.
An intriguing prospect no less. Handheld is the way
@EfYI : Of course Sony isn't talking about the PS6 yet....they first want you to fork $700.00 bucks for an a PS5 re-release.
@jrt87 I had my Game Boy in a huge hard plastic briefcase type shell box!
Ironically I just put a glass screen protector on my launch switch and toss it in my pocket though Holds up fine. I still miss 3DS. Legion.....does not fit in a pocket.....
Though the switch does feel REALLY TINY and pocketable next to Ally and Legion. I think if it more like a GB pocket now and it seemed big at launch.
@1UP-HUSKY @naruball If you think the consoles are bad until you think of phones, try thinking of workstation laptops! $2k-3k on your back.....you need a private security detail
@Major_Player
Wrong again😂
They're happy with 90 per cent PS5 and 10 per cent Pro.
Who is teaching you this stuff??? .... your mom? 😂
@jrt87 it's pretty funny when you think about it. With the pre-switch handhelds most wanted the screen to be al lot bigger.
I never considered the DECK to be to big. There is so much going on in the games, I can't imagine the screen being smaller and being able to follow what's going on. The most important thing is that it's comfortable the hold and that the screen remains visible even with direct sunlight.
@NEStalgia I'm going to need a security safe on my back for that.
A handheld is most definitely the way to go. Paired with a egpu dock for home cinema use it would be a great setup.
As for the vita's misfortune, it came out in this strange time where everyone thought playing on mobile phones can cover that, but I think with the switch and now pc handhelds even more casuals should have finally figured out that handheld gaming and mobile gaming are two different worlds.
More info for me. It depends how they do it. If PS5/PS4 level hardware or PS6 but streamed then sure....
Evercade/Vita showed some cool formats for console/handheld. Doing that for PS6 is something I question. Besides a PS Portal 2, pass. Dual screen sure, otherwise pass. For Series S sure/not do that & just make PC handhelds fill the space instead.
Same way I saw Pocket PCs in the 2000s before the iPhone just Pocket Windows XP, clunky and bulky Sony Vaios or fair Samsung tablet form factor or others.
Vita had a place but people's mindsets were different. It's the same reason remote play took 15+ years for people to go hey Portal lets do this. I hate waiting 15+ years for companies to try 3 whole times regardless of tech advancing enough for audiences to pay attention to it, I hate it so much. Because by the time I've waited it gets scrapped or the tech advancing does not make me care to use it any further. It's why I think Portal is so eh. The advertising to 'you didn't get this audiences' can also be felt.
People still won't get a camera because their phones do it but other things sure it makes sense I guess for in-between like Phones/Laptops/Tablets. People wanting more then just a 5 minutes thing to play on/off & more meaningful experiences at least. Tactile feel of controller then touch or IPs on handhelds.
Gameplay/graphics eh a console/handheld & what's on them, the right marketing is enough for people to go yeah I'd get a Switch/PC handheld & I can see why.
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Switch isn't exciting the way Vita/Wii U were getting them 2017/2018 or PSP 2000s with a cable. Switch is just 'there'. for it's gimmicks too are ok (not HD Rumble or IR use in the games I own yet but Xbox One Impulse Triggers do the job even if not the same and Dualsense is 'fine'.
Don't care about 1st party on Xbox/PS anymore as different audiences & eh game design so it's up to 3rd parties & as PS5/Series X have been so not even worth me touching for 3rd parties either whether current gen only or releases on old gen as well I occasionally pick up of 2022/2023 not really 2024 releases. Digital sure I'm considering the few Indies of 2024 but still physical wise barely anything of note only PS4 era pickups on 2020+ era pickups I got those I wanted really as this point I think.
I can go months without touching my PS4, go oh a firmware update, play it a bit, go back to older ones in the backlog & my Xbox One I use for YT (instead of a Roku box) or Soundcloud & the odd 360 game/Xbox One game.
Sigh so boring of gameplay and the money/values and design are just so skip worthy products to me nowadays (even solo ones without anything because the design is so bland and calculated & dull of this gen). It's relaxing.
That and the graphics/money/recreations of things (celebrating like Astro nostalgically when I think what it celebrates makes it too safe & have highlights of past games from 20 years ago design & the different stuff unique to Astro is just bland.
Or remasters/remakes or holiday destination boring open worlds to eh new linear games pacing/movesets/level design, ANYTHING actually exciting, even in ALL GENRES too. No FOMO just look over at how boring it all is.
Trends are clear so pass on those. Non trend ones are ok at best Indie, AA, AAA.
Can access PS5/Series X any time then buy my own & they will be used by other family members but I'm still not using them, even PS4/Xbox One I still used them a fair way in their gen besides PS3/360, not 4+ years in & I've used PS5/Xbox Series once/twice & that is it.
I'm good 20+ games in on old consoles for 2024 so far of completed games of retro pickups and one of the modern ones was Splatoon 2 on Switch and getting into some Switch games (getting through FE Engage/Mario Rabbids 1 & 2 but not beaten these yet FE E & MR1 are recent for me) now besides retro pick ups.
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