How likely is the new PS handheld rumor

[Ljink96]

I think it might be true but I wonder if that goes against Sony's philosophy. No matter what Nintendo will have us to believe, once 3DS is phased out Switch is going to take the main stage as a handheld and home console. That's it's appeal. For PS Vita 2 or PSP3, whatever you want to call it, it's going to be going up against PS4 and possibly PS5.

And to that I ask, what's their goal of a new handheld? Convince people to buy a PSP3 after they've bought a PS4? Will it play PS4 games? Does it have PS5 support? Because it's almost time for new hardware for Sony. By the time it gets games out from PS4 it'll be time for PS5 games to arrive and I don't imagine they'd make a consumer grade handheld with next gen power without costing an arm and a leg. It's just too late in the game for this and it doesn't make sense for them that is unless, it somehow plays PS5 games.

And then there's the other elephant in the room, games. Nintendo kinda has the handheld gaming market cornered and they always have. Mainly thanks to games like Pokemon, Animal Crossing, and their other tried and true IP. I don't think Sony has that kind of handheld brand power and I don't think third parties that are so used to raw power at their disposal and with their doubts about the handheld market would so easily support another Sony Handheld.

But anything is possible, Nintendo bounced back thus far after Wii U so why not? I'm just saying I don't see what it would add to the market. It'd have to do something so much better than Switch other than graphics to stand out. And when are they planning on launching this thing? If it's by December they're fucked, Mario Odyssey is coming out and possibly a Pokemon game in the months after that. Their priority should be continuing to build the PS4 install base and selling software, not taking risky handheld ventures.