{"id":727551,"date":"2026-01-29T01:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/727551\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T01:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:52:10","slug":"random-someone-made-their-very-own-portable-ps4-handheld-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/727551\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Someone Made Their Very Own Portable PS4 Handheld Console"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Nintendo’s continued success with Switch, the rise of handheld PC devices, and the PS Portal finding surprising popularity<\/a>, it seems the desire to play games on the go is still present.<\/p>\n

We’re past the days of dedicated, standalone portable consoles like the PS Vita<\/a>, but as mentioned, Nintendo has proven there’s an appetite for home console-level gaming in a handheld form factor.<\/p>\n

Someone has taken this idea and run with it, modding a PS4 into a (relatively) small portable device.<\/p>\n

Over on Reddit, user wewillmakeitnow<\/a> shared images of the final build: a native PS4 crammed into something around the size of a Steam Deck.<\/p>\n

\n\ud83c\udfae [Final Build] Fully functional & stable Portable PS4 Slim \ud83d\udd25<\/a>
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\nHandhelds<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To make this portable PS4, wewillmakeitnow modified a PS4 Slim’s motherboard to “make it as compact as possible” without losing any functionality.<\/p>\n

They also say it features a “redesigned” cooling system, a 7-inch OLED screen, and HDMI output for connection to a TV.<\/p>\n

It runs on rechargeable batteries that last up to three hours, but can also be played while plugged in if necessary.<\/p>\n

There’s also a video of the device to prove it works:<\/p>\n

\nThis is a real PS4 Portable<\/a>
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\nPs4portable<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not planned to be sold, and was simply made as a “personal engineering challenge”.<\/p>\n

While it’s pretty chunky and doesn’t look particularly comfortable to hold, it’s a super impressive achievement. Having access to your PS4 games in a portable form factor, and playing them natively, would be brilliant.<\/p>\n

There has been talk over the last year or so about Sony making a portable device in the future, one that’s capable of running modern games. Whether that’s true remains to be seen, but if one modder can pull this off, perhaps Sony’s dedicated engineers can figure something out.<\/p>\n

Anyway, what do you think of this portable PS4? Would you like something like this? Tell us in the comments section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Nintendo’s continued success with Switch, the rise of handheld PC devices, and the PS Portal finding surprising…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,22872,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-727551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ps4","9":"tag-random","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115975890124445543","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}