Lol no. That would be a bigger flop than the Vita. Sony was wise when they said they wouldn't make a successor, they don't have the IPs Nintendo has to be successful in that market. 

Besides I'd doubt very many people would trust a new Sony handheld after they stopped supporting it after 2 years, they really burned that part of their fanbase.

Good question. If they are smart they are pitching a concept right now.

If Sony thought there was demand for another handheld, they could make one. The Switch debut really doesn't change anything about that.

Additional memory will cost you $20 for 64GB. I see what you're saying, but I don't think there's anything Sony could possibly do to re-enter the handheld market short of releasing a gaming phone -- which they already tried.

A Vita 2 would have to be at least as expensive as the Switch to show any meaningful upgrades over the original, and a weaker handheld will seem like a rebranding of the PSV. They'd also have to go through the trouble of supporting two different devices, which would be a huge strain on them as PSV2 games would have to be in the same ballpark scale-wise as PS4 games.

Before sony even consider it, they should think what games they should put on their next handheld

Oh good grief no. I like the focus being all on PS4.

The door for a Sony handheld is, and has been open. They have everything they need to make a very successful handheld, even greater than the PSP or the DS. It is just a matter of whether they can truly unify under a one Sony mind set.

If Sony merges Sony Mobile into Sony Interactive Entertainment, and kills off Xperia, then they have a chance. A PS Mobile line that has a Slab Phone, a Handheld/Phone Hybrid, and a pure handheld would sell better than any PS device in history.

Sony mobile products have to be X86 based, and all PS4 games have to be able to scale to these devices. One purchase works on your PS Phone, Your PS Tablet, PS Console, and PS PC. That has to be the future of the PlayStation brand if they want to succeed in mobile, and if they want PlayStation in general to stay in the fight versus the many, many competitors in the market.

The window for a new PS Handheld is not only open, it creating a vacuum that is pulling sony threw it. The real question is, will Sony shut the window on it, and the PS brand, and no onger be a player in the future of home electronics?

$150? How the hell would they manage that?

By useing a smaller weaker chip than the one the Nintendo Switch has.

They only need to be as good as the portable mode of the switch, if its a dedicated handheld.

By useing simple design (ei. dont make a convertable thingy, with millions of parts, multiple batteries, that crazy HD rumble ect ect).

I wouldnt be suprised if Sony was able to do it for 149$.

That is the draw back of the hybrid console, its not as cheap as it could be (price/perf) if it was just 1 thing or the other.

Being both has drawbacks, that effect both sides.

The upside is it is both too though, which makes it appealing to those that dont just want a handheld.

Still plenty of people (see OP) apparntly do want just that, a conventional handheld.

The smarter thing would be to expand PSNow on mobile devices.