Instead of a follow-up to 2011’s PlayStation Vita, the brand new system can be a cloud gaming system, just like units just like the Logitech G Cloud and Razer Edge. That means the moveable console isn’t designed to compete with Nintendo’s standard Switch console or Steam Deck. The system, which nonetheless doesn’t have an official identify but, may be very a lot designed for use for PS Remote Play over a wifi connection, requiring video games to be put in on the PlayStation 5.

The firm hasn’t revealed the hand held’s key capabilities, specs, and efficiency however Sony did verify it’ll function an eight-inch HD display screen and “all the buttons and features” discovered on a DualSense controller. It’s nonetheless not clear what Project Q can do when not linked to Wi-Fi or streaming video games from a PS5, which has puzzled many avid gamers. Sony hasn’t mentioned how a lot the system would value however promised it could share extra details about Project Q “in the coming months.”

Handheld gaming is again in motion

Sony’s return to moveable gaming with a streaming handheld sign how the marketplace for handheld consoles has modified. The Tokyo-based electronics main was once an enormous participant within the moveable console area again within the day regardless of having a competitor like Nintendo. Sony’s final outing within the handheld gaming market was the PlayStation Vita in 2012. The system wasn’t a best-seller, and Sony determined to stop the market. In all these years, cellular gaming turned large with many manufacturers abandoning the marketplace for devoted handheld consoles. But it was the Switch that renewed the hand held console market and since then the moveable console market has solely been up and up. In latest years, Valve, Asus, Logitech and Razer have all launched handheld gaming units to compete with the Switch.

Sony’s concept of a brand new PlayStation handheld console is loads completely different from Nintendo, for instance. The Switch is a hybrid console and since Nintendo is a closed ecosystem, its power lies in its first-party exclusives. Sony, then again, markets its “Project Q” as an adjunct for its PlayStation 5 console. After all, the system is concentrated on Remote Play, sending video games immediately out of your PS5. It neither has the potential to stream video games by way of the cloud like Logitech G Cloud nor does it’ll have a sport lineup which you’ll be able to play natively on a console just like the Switch.

In reality, the PS5 has its personal remote-play function, permitting avid gamers to play their PS5 on their laptops, computer systems, or smartphone.  Sony hasn’t gone into element about the way it desires to distinguish the “Project Q” from rivals however it seems that the brand new PlayStation handheld will possible provide extra nuanced gameplay and optimised expertise with the DualSense controllers.