Sony may have dropped support for the PS Vita faster than players had hoped for, but it still believes that the handheld was an “evolutionary leap forward in portable gaming.” In a webpage dedicated to PlayStation’s 30th anniversary,

Spurred from sales of its $199 PS Portal gaming handheld, Sony is reportedly working on a dedicated handheld device that will play PlayStation 5 games.

Bloomberg reports that Sony is "in the early stages" of work on a fully portable console that can play PlayStation 5 software. The device is still "likely years away from launch," according to "people familiar with its development" that spoke to Bloomberg anonymously.

Sony was once committed to mobile gaming with devices like the PSP and PlayStation Vita, but it abandoned handheld gaming just before the market got interesting. Following the massive success of devices like the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck,

When it comes to the current console makers, only Nintendo has a dedicated device that competes in the handheld market with the Nintendo Switch. The system has been on the market

Sony Interactive Entertainment, the gaming subsidiary of Sony Group Corp., is currently developing a new handheld console that features support for PlayStation 5 games.

Sony's time in the handheld console space has been both short-lived and underperforming, but perhaps that could change with a new handheld capable of