Sony as 'third party' in handheld scene?

[Soundwave]

Ka-pi96 said:

Soundwave said:

If they can work out a partnership, sure why not.

Especially if they could work with Nintendo and score some of the component deals on the next handheld (LCD screen, cameras, battery). Thats good for Sony, good for Nintendo. 

It's not really "third party" in a traditional sense though ... there is no alternative here, it's Nintendo or make silly/cheap smartphone games.

Sony did make some good money off the PSP and some of their franchises did sell well on the PSP ... Gran Turismo sold 4.6 million, God of Wars 3.5+ million ... that's not charity money.

Wrong. It's make games for Nintendo... or make games for PS4/PS5. I think the latter is the much better option...

They'd still obviously make games for the PS4/PS5. They could just keep their foot in the handheld market too. PSP was at one time a nice part of their business, I don't think it really helps Sony to lose that entirely. 

Sony has no problem funding studios to make projects, so IP like Uncharted and GOW can be outsourced, that's no the problem. The problem for Sony was they didn't have a userbase with Vita to sell those games to, if they did they would've continued to support the Vita. But by supporting Nintendo they're assured a decent userbase to sell to, like the PSP had. 

If they expand the deal to get Nintendo to bring some of their IP to the PS4 .... bang. That's a huge win for them.