I can't see Sony starting a new handheld generation with resetting the hardware base to zero.

But I would love to see an upgraded "PSVita Pro", compatible to all Vita (and PSP and PS1) games:

• 1920x1080 instead of 960x544 (the GPU would output a 1920x1088 signal for compatibility reasons and ditch 4 lines at top and bottom)
• less demanding Vita games (f.e. visual novels, point&click adventures, strategy games, some jRPGs) could render in native 1920x1080
• more demanding Vita games could use the checkerbox upscaling similar to the PS4 Pro
• optional native Vita mode (960x544, 2 lines at top + bottom are ditched) for better battery life
• PS4 Pro remote play supports 1080p streams, a 1080p Vita Pro would be the perfect companion)
• enhanced PSP mode (higher resolution, similar to PS2 games on PS4)
• compatibility for digital PS2-games
• microSD support... the 200GB cards have become quite cheap
• 2 GB RAM (should be cheap by now, even in mobile devices)
• L2 + R2 shoulder buttons
• 3000+ mAh battery should be possible now by keeping the Vita weight and size

As long as they keep the online multiplayer free, yeah, I'd be interested.

Yea, and see them ditch it after one year?

No thanks.

Fuck no

At this point I'd say no. You'd be better off just getting a Nintendo NX, as it's likely going to amalgamate what's left of the dedicated portable market, and that means taking the developers as well. And a Tegra X1 (if that is indeed the chip Nintendo uses) is far, far more powerful than what a "Vita Pro" would be.

That is a question that still gets me from time to time. After the NX's release, it's basically going to compete against the aged PS Vita and mobile for the reduced handheld market. However, there are tons of PS360/PS Vita games that could get a quick port to the system, specially considering that the Vita is still getting a lot of niche support, and those games could offer a quick profit with an NX port. Yet I don't know if the NX will have the audience necessary to keep alive those studios. It will have a Nintendo audience, but will they buy those games, specially if they are old?

No offense, but there is no point in having a more powerful Vita if no one is making games for it except a handful.And the Vita is more than capable of running the games it has.

Just like with the PS4Pro, I don't think this would be enough to convince me to buy a whole new console for.

in a heartbeat.

I'd rather then just make an X86 based Vita 2 that did pretty much what you're describing.

Actually, considering how far technology has come since the Vita came out they could probably make a handheld with a 7 inch 1080p screen that isn't much larger than the Vita.

Sell it for $299, then sell a $50 charging station that lets you hook it up to a tv. It wouldn't set the world on fire, but they could probably sell 25-30 million of those. As long ad the software was right (PS1, PS2, PSP, Vita, PSNow, PSVue, Netflix, ect.)