Sony could be gearing up to follow Nintendo and Xbox for its next big move in the video game space a Handheld. According to a recent Bloomberg report, the company is in the “early stages of developing a portable console that would play its PlayStation 5 games” on the go.

The rumour builds on the PlayStation Portal, an 8-inch device released in 2023 for streaming PS5 games. However, this new handheld is expected to go further by allowing users to play PS5 titles natively and without relying on an internet connection.

And now the rumour seems even more legitimate In a new video released on Digital Foundry’s YouTube Channel John Linnerman  had quite a few things to say about the rumoured handheld and Blumberg’s report stating they had heard about the project “months ago.”

“What’s interesting about this is we actually heard about this handheld some months ago from a couple of sources specifically,” said Linneman. “So, we’re not in the business of leaking things, but it’s interesting that this finally sort of started to make its rounds because it just sort of confirmed what we had seen and heard off the record about this existing, which is cool.”

He continued, “So, to me, this sort of just strengthens the notion that yeah, they’re very much working on something. And this article makes it seem like it’s even further out than I actually thought based on that, so I’m not sure where it’s going, I think there’s like prototype stuff out there possibly.”

“There’s still a lot of questions for this, but it does feel like this future of offering a handheld and a home console option is very likely at this point.”

The video in question is below

Does the thought of a PlayStation handheld excite you be sure to let us know I for one have always wished for a vita 2 so this is great news for me if true.