Sony as 'third party' in handheld scene?

[MikeRox]

Soundwave said:

Ka-pi96 said:

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. 

I see no benefit to Sony developing on Nintendo handhelds whatsoever. It clearly would take resources away from the PS4/PS5. This was a big reason the Vita software dried up, they shifted all their studios onto the PS4 including ones who previously only made handheld software.

Starting to develop in a big way for handhelds again would once again start to drain those resources. Nintendo's own issues have shown that with the great improvements in mobile technology, it's taken big resources to keep software coming.

Why start to invest again in what is clearly a hugely declining market?