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Sony’s Rumored PlayStation Handheld Supports Native PS5 Games

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Sony’s Rumored PlayStation Handheld Supports Native PS5 Games

PlayStation is no stranger to handhelds even though it hasn’t had one that plays games native in quite a few years, but that might be changing with an upcoming handheld it’s rumored to be working on that has support for PS5 games. When Sony announced the PlayStation Portal, many were hoping for this to be the next handheld in the PlayStation brand that would play games locally. Instead, the Portal is a Remote Play device for the PS5.

A new rumor suggests that Sony is working on a handheld that will support PS5 games locally. It’ll potentially be coming out alongside the PlayStation 6, but also come with considerably less performance power. Less than the PS5 even. So, how is a handheld that has less power than the PS5 going to be capable of playing PS5 games? Sony may have a solution in the works.

A new PlayStation handheld will support PS5 games through a “low-power mode”

According to a report by Techspot, which references comments from known leaker KeplerL2 on Neogaf, this new handheld will potentially be coming with a low-power mode to help it handle PS5 games natively. Techspot mentions that the handheld will be “far weaker than the PS5,” but this new mode will do some of the heavy lifting in terms of running the PS5 games.

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Sony may also be working on other system enhancements to assist. Such as memory enhancements. Some comments in the Neogaf thread suggest that Sony may also be looking at requiring developers to put out “handheld performance” patches for games. According to the report, the upcoming device is said to have a 15W power draw. So, these enhancements may very well be needed if this is true.

The low-power mode was mentioned initially by Moore’s Law Is Dead on YouTube. Based on that video, Sony is developing this low-power mode for the PS5 and PS5 Pro. This is said to be a test run of the mode so that Sony can see how it would work on a less powerful handheld. Sony might also employ the use of its PSSR or another type of AI-powered upscaling technology to offset some of the loss in performance power. Which could help with frame rates and improved visuals. PSSR is already available on the PS5 Pro, and that gives Sony a good place to start with regard to retrofitting it for a new system. Even if it is a lower-powered handheld with weaker components and specs.

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