Move over, PlayStation Portal—a new Sony handheld is seemingly in the works. But could it compete with the Nintendo Switch or Valve's Steam Deck?

According to a media report, Sony is working on a mobile console to challenge Nintendo's Switch. A market launch is probably still a long way off.

Sony has set its sights on the handheld console scene, working on a new portable PlayStation system to play PS5 games on the go.

Sony’s PS5 Pro has been out less than a month, but there’s already speculation about what its next gaming hardware release could have in store for us. And the latest report isn’t about some even more high-performance PS6 – rather, it’s that Sony is working on a new handheld that’ll be able to play PS5 games natively.

Handheld fans may be in for a surprise in the future from Sony as it aims to develop its own Switch competitor.

Sony is working on a new portable console that will run PS5 games, in a bid to compete with Nintendo and other potential rivals such as Xbox.

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,

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