New PlayStation Handheld Announcement Coming At PlayStation Meeting (RUMOUR)

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Soundwave said:

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PS4 Slim
PS4 Neo
PS4 VR
PSP3

Yeah ... don't see where the development resources are coming from here. They couldn't even properly support the Vita when it was just the PS3/PS4. 

A new Sony portable won't be better than what's in the NX either, the Tegra X2 for a mobile chip is basically the bleeding edge mobile chip, Sony is not going to get something better than that, so it won't even have that going for it like the PSP and Vita did.

A revised Vita model for Japan makes more sense. 

If there is in fact a portable, then it is going to be a 14nm FitFET version of the PS4 APU, and it will be dropped to 12CU's and run games at 720p.

Any future PlayStation home or portable will share software under the new universal PlayStation platfotm. So, PlayStation games will be developed for PS4, PS Phone, and PS tablet/laptop. The only difference will be resolution and graphics settings.

Sony is building a platform around its custom APU, and they are going to have a shared experience across all of these devices. Xperia is on its last legs, and Kaz is showing that PlayStation is their future. He said late last year that mobile had run its course and there hasn't been any innovation in the space in years.

I would not be shocked to see this, although I see it making more sense to release it in 2018 with 7nm FinFET.