Sony reportedly intends to position a new gaming handheld as a competitor to the highly successful Nintendo Switch.

Handhelds are clearly going to continue coming back in a big way, as now even Sony is reportedly developing a proper, non-cloud based portable console.

Bloomberg have reported that Sony has a new handheld console in early development, which will allow PlayStation fans to play their PS5 games on the go. This is a true handheld, scrapping the game streaming features of the PlayStation Portal. Games will run natively on the console, much like the Nintendo Switch or the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2.

Sony is reportedly set to return to the handheld console market with a new portable PlayStation that plays PS5 games on the go.

Sony Group Corp. is in the early stages of developing a portable console that would play its PlayStation 5 games on the move.

Sony is working on a new handheld console for playing PS5 games that will rival the Nintendo Switch 2. Sony is developing a new handheld console, which won't rely on other consoles to work like the PlayStation Portal.

Sony is said to be working on a portable gaming device that can play PS5 games, though it's years away from release.