Not a very high bar, frankly. That being said, I think Sony should stay out of the mobile consoles, I believe it's a declining market.

PS Vita is a nice machine but the lack of bumpers and triggers in my opinion is what killed it. Along with Sony not having handheld friendly IP compared to console IP. I think it would be a mistake for Sony to consider making a new handheld right now.

I wonder how many of the people who say Vita had no games are the same ones shouting about how Switch has more than just Zelda.

Obviously they'd have to figure out the controls (unless they went the tablet+controller route), but what would be awesome is if Sony came out with a portable PS4 as the next handheld. This obviously assumes mobile tech will continue to get cheaper and more efficient, making this a viable option. But it would be great, as it would have an established library, and people would already own a ton of games.

Lol they said PSP will be better than the DS that didn't happen. Next they said the Vita would destroy the 3DS and that didn't happen. I'm not going to hold my breath on Vita 2 coming out. If it does I'm betting the Switch beats it.

For handhelds there is no room for two devices. Nintendo has never had any competition ever since the Original Game boy. Game Gear had color but even that flopped. PSP was the most successful Nintendo alternative handheld, but still was no match for DS in sales. The PSVita only sold a sliver of what the PSP did at the same time of their lifecycles. PSP 3 would have far too much to prove for it to have any hope of challenging the Switch. Hardware means nothing if the games can't properly back it up, or in the Vita's case, support from Sony. Now that virtually everyone has a phone it only makes it worse for Sony. The only way for Sony to even have a chance to beat Nintendo is to come out with a handheld a year before Nintendo releases the Switch's successor, and of course do everything right. Instead of just a handheld, a hybrid is the only way that would work now. It just might have to be the PS5 or PS6.

It's unlikely there will even be a Vita successor.

It has the possibility!

Why are there all these theories about a Vita 2 all of a sudden?

It wouldn't be called "Vita 2", because aside of it sounding dumb "Vita" is unfortunately a synonym of the commercial failure.

Switch is amazing, Nintendo are King at handheld gaming they have fought of many before Sony. Game gear, Lynx, PC engine gt, NEO Geo pocket, psp, vita. Now the switch with its hybrid nature is genius dont ever underestimate Nintendo.

My Vita gets used pretty much every day.

New games with Plus every month.

To be honest vita suffered from being treat as weaker console and releasing no sense spin off and expensives memory sticks

I would like to see a new PSP but i doubt that will happen. Compete with Nintendo now would be a suicide. Nintendo has its handheld as the main console, totally focused on it. For Sony it would be more of a peripheral, a secondary device. Hardware power is also not the solution. We are to review that hardware just does not gain market with the launch of Scorpio. Sony can not make the same mistake now.

Lack of AAA support is what killed the Vita. If Vita 2 doesn't have these things, it'll fail as well.

Ps7 will be better than Nintendo Tit Tat Too, because i want some free hits for literally nothing in return. Come on now

handhelds are dead, dudes.

An imaginary console is better than a real one? That is just bullsh*t. Sony havent even announced psvita 2 yet and i doubt they will as their last portable console was a failure sale wise.

Also, Sony doesnt have many good portable games to compete with Nintendo anyway. I want Sony to concentrate on home console only, as that is what they do best, espcially with their great exclusives. Leave portable market to Nintendo.

Click bait at it's finest.

Sony isn't making PS Vita 2.

LOLOLOLOL

I dont think the vita 2 will ever be a thing...

Much like how the switch will never succeed but maybe slightly more then the wiiu. The games they have are mainly targeted towards children and nintendo fans. Nothing outside zelda and mario this year will garner mass appeal.

Psvita awesomely supported is better than a potential psvita2
being better than switch it's not that hard XD
if sony really wants to do a psvita2 this time i wait for 10/15 games that interests me before buying it

Switch is decent and marketed to high heaven.

Vita was and still is an impressive handheld experience, plus the games available on PS Store is a hefty amount.

If a second Vita does come along, it could succeed, so long as it intergrates with PS4, backwards compatibility and PlayStation Now.

Umm there is no Vita 2 and Sony has not announced a Vita 2. What is the purpose of this article? Nintendo owns the handheld market and nothing will change that.

Would love a PS Vita 2 or a "PSP2" for a more sensible & recognisable name, even if Vita was technically the PSP2.

....if the Vita was that big of a disaster why are developers still releasing games for it? (I know they aren't triple A titles) Yes, it didn't sell in DS / 3DS size numbers we all know that. But the year in and year out negative articles from the media (aren't they supposed to support the game industry?) announcing the death nell of the Vita have missed the mark big time. Despite their best efforts - they haven't killed the thing off yet - 5 years after it was released. The machine had just about everything (apart from the stupid proprietry memory card) yet the Media still f*****g complained. Whinging, whiney, miserable and toxic. I wonder what could have been had they decided to support the device? Just as well they appear to be adopting a more positive approach for the Switch (despite the limited library of games and users complaining about screen scratch and joycon issues). I've just bought a switch and hope it doesn't suffer a similar fate at the hands of the Media - they can be really fickle.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau