It's A Terrible Time For Sony's Rumored PSP

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Rumor has it Sony is working on a new handheld console, the successor to its PSP — but it seems like too little, too late. The PSP, or PlayStation Portable, was a handheld console first released in 2005. It had its own impressive library of titles, many of which spun off PlayStation home console classics:,, and, to name a few. Sony followed it up with a second handheld, the PS Vita, in 2011.

And now, Sony may be looking to do it again. Industry insiders claim Sony plans to release a brand-new handheld console sometime in the current generation. This would be separate from its PlayStation Portal, a handheld accessory that doesn't function as a console in and of itself. With the advent of the Nintendo Switch, rumors about the Switch 2, and handheld PCs like the Steam Deck, the handheld landscape is very different today from what it was when the PSP first came out. But is there really space for a new Sony handheld in today's landscape?

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A Telegram post by Russian industry insider Anton Logvinov, translated on ResetEra by a user named Angie, suggests that Sony is working on a PSP successor for the current console generation — but at the moment, its rumored launch lineup consists only of PS4 games. That doesn't necessarily mean it'll never be able to play PS5 titles. The wording is intentionally vague, and doesn't even list any of the PS4 launch titles by name. Still, Logvinov is careful to establish that even he's not sure about potential support for PS5 games.

There's certainly a big enough PS4 library to support a new handheld — new games have come out for the console as late as this year. But a handheld PS4 is the kind of thing that should've been released ten years ago, not today. Especially since the release of the PS5, PS4s are pretty affordable, and very easy to come by. They're even playable remotely from