It’s not too late for the major console makers to make a handheld, but reports note a PlayStation handheld may still be years away.

Sony is working on a portable PlayStation 5 console, according to a new report.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

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,

Sony is planning to release a handheld console that can run native PS5 games. Here are all the details on this.

It’s said that the device builds on the PlayStation Portal, which was originally designed as something akin to this before moving to streaming.

But the PlayStation Portal won’t stream any PS4 or PS3 games, nor any PS5 game you bought from the PlayStation Store.

While the PlayStation Portal offered a way to play PS5 games remotely, it wasn’t a standalone handheld. In fact, it’s been about 14 years since the PS Vita appeared, and now, according to a report from Bloomberg,

For the first time since 2012, Sony is developing a legitimate handheld device for playing PlayStation games, Bloomberg reports. There isn't much else to say about the device right now, as Bloomberg noted that it's most likely years away from launch — if Sony decides to follow through with launching it at all.

Sony is said to be working on a portable gaming device that can play PS5 games, though it's years away from release.

With Xbox also confirming that a handheld console is in the works, it seems all three of the major console creators will be vying for dominance in the handheld category in the nex