{"id":561007,"date":"2026-06-30T04:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/561007\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T04:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T04:44:20","slug":"sony-cant-stop-hinting-at-the-portable-nature-of-ps6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/561007\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Can’t Stop Hinting at the Portable Nature of PS6"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sony<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

It\u2019s becoming increasingly obvious at this point that the PS6 will have a portable element<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Exactly how Sony is going to deliver this remains to be seen, but if you read between the lines of everything it\u2019s saying, it keeps reiterating that one of its goals with the next generation is to expand out of the living room.<\/p>\n

CEO Hideaki Nishino touched on this in his Famitsu interview earlier in the month<\/a>, and now a probing Q&A with investors<\/a> has shed more light on its goals.<\/p>\n

Throughout the document, it repeatedly mentions \u201cchanges in how players play and their evolving needs\u201d, and outright says it needs to \u201cprovide experiences tailored to users\u2019 playstyles beyond the living room\u201d.<\/p>\n

It keeps dressing this up by talking about its new PS Monitor<\/a> and Pulse Portable Speakers<\/a>, which are designed for bedrooms and offices. But in tandem it also talks a lot about the success of the PS Portal<\/strong><\/a>, and how that\u2019s proven there\u2019s a demand for playing all around the house.<\/p>\n

While you do need to read between the lines, it\u2019s pretty clear Sony\u2019s been watching the success of the Switch and its successor, as well as portable PCs like the Steam Deck and ROG Xbox Ally X.<\/p>\n

We know there have been rumours about a portable PS6 for quite some time, and many hypothesise that the PS5\u2019s Low Power Mode \u2013 which Sony is allegedly desperate for devs to use<\/a> \u2013 was implemented as a Trojan horse for exactly that.<\/p>\n

I fully expect a full-blown PlayStation handheld to be introduced in the near-future, which will be compatible with existing PS Store<\/strong><\/a> libraries and allow you to take many of your games on the go.<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll be different to both the PSP and PS Vita because it\u2019ll no longer need its own dedicated library, meaning it\u2019ll be compatible with all \u2013 or, at least, most \u2013 of the software already available on the PS Store.<\/p>\n

This means it\u2019ll serve as an extension of the PS6 and PS5 experience, and won\u2019t necessarily need to sell tens of millions of units to be a success.<\/p>\n

Obviously in this era of expensive memory, its price is very much up for debate. But I do think there\u2019ll be a big enough market for fans who want to take their PlayStation games on the go.<\/p>\n

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[source sony.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square It\u2019s becoming increasingly obvious at this point that the PS6 will have a portable element.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,12009,19,4286,17,239711,4517,82],"class_list":["post-561007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-eire","tag-hardware","tag-ie","tag-industry","tag-ireland","tag-ps6","tag-sony","tag-technology"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116837237977126844","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}