[STEAM] Sony is reportedly working on a PS5 portable

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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.

The report comes less than a year after the launch of

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, a Sony portable device designed to stream PS5 games running on a console on the same local network. Recently, Sony

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to let PlayStation Plus subscribers also stream PS5 games from Sony's centralized servers at up to 1080 p and 60 fps.

Sony's reported PS5 portable plans also come after

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that

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has also been working on a new Xbox console with a portable form factor. In June,

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Gaming CEO Phil Spencer added fuel to those rumors by directly saying, "I think we should have a handheld, too... I like my ROG Ally, my Lenovo Legion Go, my Steam Deck... I think being able to play games locally is really important."

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