It's Time For The PlayStation Vita 2

Sony’s newly announced handheld game streaming device for PS5 has left many fans wondering why a PlayStation Vita 2 hasn’t been made yet instead.

[Vengeance1138]

No it's not, if by now you can't understand that a company cannot properly balance both a home console and a dedicated handheld then I have no words for you.
If you want a Vita 2, be prepared for PS5 support to suffer greatly, if you want PS5 support, say goodbye to Vita 2 support. You don't get both.

[blackblades]

Exactly, also they cant balance with VR2 out as well. We already seen how the OG failed. Also people dont realise it but having a device that can remote play is better imo. If they can increase the quality with the latency etc it'll be a good device. You can play every ps5/ps4 game even ps1/ps2 that comes around on that device. The Q imo is a better option then a vita 2. People say its not needed but its 50/50 you can play on phone/backbone but do we really wanna do it. All in all its a option, if you don't want it nothing changes for you and at least Sony doing something.

[Christopher]

I've said this before. I think the only way it would work is to create a dedicated division with its own funding while not decreasing home console/gaming funding at all. Otherwise, you're splitting focus in a time when competition is more important than ever and splitting that between PC/Xbox and Nintendo... that's a losing formula on both fronts. Sony isn't flushed with parent-company funding. People forget that too easily. They actually help fund other divisions with PS profits.

[Eonjay]

Nintendo solved this with the Switch. This is the only way it works in the modern era. Don't expect Sony to do the same because quite frankly getting a Portable PS5 to work is not something that anyone is will to pay for, Sony included. It would also cost at least $1000. But yes then they could support both systems.

[Vengeance1138]

Also where the new Project Q comes in which is exactly a portable PS5.

[jznrpg]

I’d love one but I don’t see it happening any time soon. Maybe next gen

[gold_drake]

i want a handheld like the switch is, but more or less in a way that i can take my ps5 games with me.
i dont need the docking station.

let me download them to the handheld and we're golden.

[sci4me]

Exactly this!. I would very much like an extension off the PS5, a portable option. I understand most people would say no but for me it would be an welcome addition.

[gold_drake]

yea, i definitely dont want a streaming device haha.

[KingKionic]

We have nintendo dominating handheld hard but also the emergence of Steam Deck and ASUS ROG devices which has changed the entire standards of handheld to pc experiences.

For a handheld to be successful for sony it would have to sell millions upon millions with dedicated software.

Thats just not happening. Dream is far gone.

[__SteakDeck__]

@KingKionic Finally you said something smart.

[Magog]

No. They aren't going to try to support 3 systems. VR is the future and they have rightly placed their bet there. Q is plenty portable. How many places do you really go without wifi?

[GoodGuy09]

Nope. Project Q/streaming and any other device that requires and compliments their main platform makes more sense for Sony, including the VR headset. Sony's shown us how badly they handled the Vita already and everyone knows that. They already have their hands very full developing for the ps5 right now anyways, no way they'd be able to support 2 completely separate platforms at the same time. Even Nintendo's given up on that and instead combined both into one as it obviously didn't work well with them.

[isarai]

I love the vita, and as much as I would like a new one, the current climate just isn't right for it, Sonys support efforts are aimed elsewhere, and the handheld market now not only has the monolithic Switch, but also the Steam deck for competition. Maybe when PlayStation drops the GAAS effort and the first wave of major PS5 exclusives are delivered from their 1st party, but even still I just don't see it being anything but a huge uphill battle they don't even need to fight.

[shadowT]

no. no need for a 2nd device next to my cell phone.

[FallenAngel1984]

With the Vita being a failure, what makes anybody think a successor would fair any better?

There’s isn’t any market for dedicated handhelds anymore. 3DS was Nintendo’s least successful handheld as was Vita with Sony. Neither has a reason to return to that type of hardware

PSP and Vita’s main selling points weree playing console level games on the go along with being multimedia devices. For the latter our mobile devices offer way more than anything another PlayStation handheld could offer, and the former is offered by Switch, Steam Deck and various other hybrid systems.

Low end devs will go for the mobile market. High end developers will go for consoles. First party devs aren’t going to split their resources to make system seller games for it, and third party devs would rather support more successful systems

[TheEnigma313]

No it is not time. Leave the handheld space to Nintendo and the pc companies. Let Sony focus on VR and home consoles. You don't throw good money after bad.

[anast]

If they start writing about the future of VR, they would give an impression that they know about the content they are providing.

[BlackDoomAx]

We have ps vita 2 at home!
*at home: project Q*