Handheld gaming has come on leaps and bounds since Sony killed its second attempt at a portable console. The PS Vita was officially discontinued in 2019, having been effectively sidelined a couple of years beforehand. And while it was fun while it lasted, it seemed to be the last time Sony was to make a dedicated portable games machine.
But up stepped the Nintendo Switch and, in its wake has come the Steam Deck, Lenovo Legion Go, Asus ROG Ally and a host of Chinese retro handhelds, each proving that there’s a big enough user base to at least consider re-entering the portable arena once more. And so that’s what Sony has done… of sorts.
