Rumour: New PlayStation Portable Capable of Playing PS5 Games at Lower Resolution 1

As you may have already heard, rumour has that Sony is working on two new pieces of hardware: the inevitable PS6 and a new portable platform capable of natively playing your PS5 library.

While the latter certainly sounds pie in the sky at first blush, it’s actually a story with credibility. Various well-connected individuals, including Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson and even Digital Foundry, have all mentioned they’ve heard similar things.

The nature of the device remains a little unclear, however.

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But writing on forum NeoGAF, hardware snoopster KeplerL2 – who was among the first to mention the development of the handheld – said that the device is powerful enough to run PS5 games, just “not at the same resolution [or] framerate, mainly due to the lower memory bandwidth”.

Sony’s obviously had a lot of success with the PS Portal, which has seemingly emboldened its decision to make a new handheld.

We’re just curious how it’s going to position this: the idea of a portable compatible with the entirety of the PS5’s library is certainly a compelling one, but it also sounds extremely expensive. And where will it fit in alongside the PS6?

It feels like with all these leaks and rumours, we’re only seeing a small part of the picture. But there’s no smoke without fire, and it’s clear Sony really does have a new portable project cooking.

[source neogaf.com, via resetera.com]