Sometime in the 2020s, Sony will release a handheld/tablet that will play their console games, possibly digital only. Sony could in essence make the PS5 a platform of products. We have a Pro for the high end line, but the low end/portability can be considered as well. Scaling will be the name of the game. Unlike the (current) Switch, not tied to 1 hardware.

The portable will render the games at 4x lower resolution as the PS5, there could be a system to dial back settings, use compressed, lower quality assets to leave enough overhead for the same visual fidelity, essentially you're getting the same experience. In fact I think Sony engineers biggest priority right now is figuring out scaling and making it a system wide feature, not only to low end but also to Pro lines down the line, to not have the hassle of individual patches anymoe. (I also do not expect native 4K to be standard on PS5, is too costly compared to checkerboarding.) Since you're not getting the full blown game as the PS5, file sizes should also be kept in check.

Just like Nintendo, they will not have to split their resources anymoe, all devices will play the same games. Sony isn't gonna leave the portable market. This will be the evolution of Vita and remote play.

Yeah, and Nintendo should enter the home console market again.

They already have a portable that streams PS4 games

I would buy it!

Little chance of it happening.

We are talking about a portable twice or thrice as fast, at best, as the undocked Switch, playing the same games as a hardware 15-20 times faster. There is a slightly higher chance if it is PS4 games, but I don't see it having a market at all, when PS4 consoles will be just as cheap and play the games much better, and services like PS Now more widespread.

No no no.

The only handheld Sony could make that would work imo is a PS2 handheld that plays all PS2 games at 720p.

Maybe in the 30's or 40's but not any time soon.

Sounds like wishful thinking more than a prediction tbh. I would like to see another Sony handheld but I don't think they should bother making this. At that point PS4 will be dirt cheap and that PS4Portable will face the same backlash the Switch currently has. Overpriced but underpowered.

Maybe in 2020-2021 on 7nm... you can make a tablet strong enough to play PS4 games.

I would just rather Sony take advantage of a handheld market that includes home-console level games and release a Vita 2.

Doing so would actually benefit Nintendo, too; developers could make games for the weaker unit and port up, doubling their profit on individual games. Hell, the reason Nintendo lacks 3rd party is because there's no one in their weight class to port from/to. A PSV2 would revitalized the handheld market (real competition instead of Nintendo just doing fuck all) AND Nintendo would get a source to have third party games ported from.