No. There are just too many gadgets out there that play games on the go from cellphones to tablets to Nintendo's Switch, 3Ds,etc. With a lot of cheap and free games with ads. Hundreds of thousands of them.

With a powerful system, gamers would expect console quality on the go. As Loco said above, it would cost too much money to make those games. Game prices would have to be $30-$60. That's a hard sell. And, it seems that Indie games aren't good enough for some gamers to play.

Best to put that effort in PS5 while improving PSVR. Maybe even give it AR capabilities. VR needs that push and their concentration anyway to make it successful. Now, it would be nice to have a portable that duals as a portable and the screen can be used for a stand alone Sony vr hmd. But that's not going to happen either.

PS5/PSVR2 with possible AR. It's all you need.

No at best make a tablet geared towards gaming and have access to PSN support, PS+, PS classics, PSP, PSVita, and improve remote play to the level the Wii U had with the console and tablet controller.

That’s significantly more viable, so you can’t play all your home console stuff on the go, and not splinter Sony’s first party studios.

Do they need to? No. Would I like to see one? Yes. I love handheld gaming.

HOWEVER, Sony would need to learn the valuable lesson to actually support their handheld. Even with the PSP people criticised Sony for not supporting it much after the first 2 years. Then with the Vita the support dropped the instant the PS4 hit and never came back. I love my PSP and Vita, still play them to this day, but Sony's support was always poor. Compare that to Nintendo who treated the DS and 3DS extremely well, putting out games for their entire lifespan. Just chucking a few spin-offs from PS4 games won't cut it - there needs to be real effort for it to hope to succeed.

"Does Sony Need to Make Another Handheld"

Nope. They don't, really.

Need? Definitely not. Unless they're going to go all on out on a new one, I don't think they should even bother.

A handheld with near PS4 graphics, regular SD cards for memory instead of propriety cards and a decent amount of first party games released over time, plus various third party games and indies would be cool. But I'd still hold off buying it for a year and a half at least just to see if it doesn't get abandoned by Sony like the Vita did.

It wouldn’t be very successful

If those girls show up to hold it, then I certainly hope so.

PS5 will be like the Switch would be my guess. A hardware base that enables a power boost to handle 4k gaming when docked and a portable component for on the go.

honestly, no, I've enjoyed my vita but Sony's first party support was awful. Also, now Switch is on the scene, and I'd rather play games as developers intended, on the switch, instead of getting a lesser version on a Sony handheld.

Sony should just release games on Sony phones, kill two birds right?

The mobile/ handheld market is too big for them to ignore so yes they need to attempt something. They just need to really think it through better this time. Take the same consideration as they did with PS4.

Like Ive always said they need to make the playstation phone and/or tablet and you should be able to stream anything you have ever bought on PSN through it.

Yes, only if the remote playe to PS4/ps5 are a lot better than what the vita offered. Controls for the new hand held needs to be equilavent to that of the console version for seamless transition.

Nope! Sony stop first party support on the Vita within 3 years of it's lifecycle,they'll probably do the same if they release another handheld.

lol Sony is like the Hillary Clinton of Portables.

no they ve fail with each one

After the Vita i honestly dont want them to make another handheld. I really liked the system alot and i did play a lot of great games on it but the support quickly dried up.

Never going to happen just like SEGA aren't going to make the Dreamcast 2, stop torturing yourselves.

no. form another company that makes AAA mp shooters please.

There are rumors flying? All I've seen is a single patent, that was over a year old, and for an already released product in Japan. That's not a rumor flying, just the general normal, "We say it might be happening, so look at all these rumors", articles used to generate hits.

God I miss the old days when going to these events and seeing booth babes looking uh...very professional.

I'd rather see attractive Japanese women wearing PlayStation brand attire.

The consumer has lost faith in Sony after the Vita debacle.

I'm just now getting around to buying Vita (it's still getting games (not AAA though) and has a nice library of games), and yes, we need a new one!

No

No, it has failed twice.

As long as they plan on supporting it! Nintendo proved there's still a market for it. Just have support for the upcoming ps5 and easy tv connectability

No they don't NEED to do anything but it would be cool nonetheless.

Even if they make another, I won't buy it. They burned me on the Vita by their lack of 1st party support.

No, they don't need to, but I'd love for them to give it another shot, albeit with a pledge to support the system well after launch and use a common memory card format such as SD cards. Sony can make a good handheld, but they need to give it the love it needs to keep thriving.

no

Im ok with the switch as my on the go handheld games. I dont need another vita and a high price storage card

No. Sony should just stick to consoles. PS Vita was not supported hardly at all. My vita just collects major dust. Keeping it real. PS4/PS5 (future) have my attention.

No.

And they won't. VR will take priority outside of the main console, until eventually that main console is phased out by VR.

A new psp would need to have all the buttons that are on the controller, and maybe a few more. I think it should be a larger controller itself with a screen in the middle

Not particularly, no, but it's not like there wouldn't be fans that would buy it regardless.
Sony's b&b in gaming will always be in home consoles, and even if they left gaming they've still got more than enough Hi-Tech stuff out there on the market to keep them alive and well, for well past the foreseeable future.
Another century, at least, I'd say.

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