PS6 Handheld: This is how expensive the portable PlayStation could be according to insiders!

[Dany28]

According to reports Sony is also working on a companion handheld alongside the PS6 which could potentially launch at the same time as the next-gen console. But how expensive could the portable device be? A well known insider has now offered an estimate. Although an official confirmation is still pending on reports suggest that Sony will not only give gamers a new console in the next generation with the PS6 but most likely also a new handheld that could be released at the same time.
Since the high prices form Microsoft's Xbox handhelds ROG Ally and ROG Ally X are currently causing discussion the top model costs 899 euros in Germany but many PlayStation fans are naturally asking how expensive the rumored PS6 handheld might be. Such high price is probably not to be feared at least according to a well known insider who has now given his assessment provided Sony forgoes a certain feature.

PlayStation handheld cheaper due to smaller chip design?​

Well known hardware insider KeplerL2 who has recently commented on the PS6 and the alleged accompanying handheld several times has now spoken out in a post on the ResetEra forum (via TwistedVoxel ) to dispel the concerns of the PlayStation community.
KeplerL2 said: The ROG Xbox Ally is "not at all comparable to the PS6 console/handheld. It's a low-volume device manufactured and sold by ASUS for profit." KeplerL2 also explained that Canis the project name for the new PlayStation handheld would utilize a compact system-on-chip design and allowing Sony to keep costs as low as possible. Canis is a very small SoC and also has lower power consumption than any current handheld allowing them to save on circuit boards/cooling/battery.

This price could be the target under one condition​

How expensive could the PS6 handheld ultimately be? According to KeplerL2 a retail price of just $499 is certainly feasible and unless they opt for a higher quality OLED screen. But if self-illuminating pixels are used it could be more expensive. Nevertheless the insider's information stands in stark contrast to previous estimates which predicted prices of over $600 for a mobile device with performance close to that of a PS5. By comparison the Switch 2 with its significantly weaker hardware costs €469.99, while the aforementioned ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X cost €599 and €899, respectively and all of these devices also lack an OLED screen. Ultimately it remains to be seen what price Sony will ask for a new PlayStation handheld. First the platform's existence has to be officially confirmed anyway. Another hardware insider Moore's Law has already made it clear that it might not be as expensive as the competition.

Thanks to the high field of 3nm chip manufacturing and the sharp drop in memory prices Sony could produce the handheld more cheaply than the PS5. He also believes $499 is the most likely scenario although the price could even be set at $399 if necessary.

 

[nobitakun]

Again news with biased names. PS6 is PS6, is not a portable device. It will be called whatever they call it, but it won't be PS6, because PS6 is a desktop console that goes after PS5 in the same line.

This is getting gross and I am getting tired of it. Thank you crappy IGN.

And about the price, I don't know. Depending on what they want to achieve. Do they want something Switch 2 like? Sony's history does not tell precisely that. If else, they would want a portable almost as fast as a base PS5, and that does not cost 499€. Just look at those Ryzen AI processors, the most powerful one is more powerful than a PS5 and you can use it on a handheld. Yeah, on a 1500€ handheld.

 

[Dany28]

Again news with biased names. PS6 is PS6, is not a portable device. It will be called whatever they call it, but it won't be PS6, because PS6 is a desktop console that goes after PS5 in the same line.

This is getting gross and I am getting tired of it. Thank you crappy IGN.

And about the price, I don't know. Depending on what they want to achieve. Do they want something Switch 2 like? Sony's history does not tell precisely that. If else, they would want a portable almost as fast as a base PS5, and that does not cost 499€. Just look at those Ryzen AI processors, the most powerful one is more powerful than a PS5 and you can use it on a handheld. Yeah, on a 1500€ handheld.

Hello everything is fine with you? You somehow seem stressed?

 

[Tonberry]

These speculative news articles based on some dork with "connections" always come off as so pointless to me.
Like, no shit there's gonna be a next Playstation in a bunch of years, that's not news, and hardly even speculative, it's just engagement bait.

 

[qw90700]

$ony Xperia Play 2 da Gamer Smartphone™©℗® when? lol

 

[nobitakun]

Hello everything is fine with you? You somehow seem stressed?

Yeah, but if I were stressed I would be enraged with the world, that would shorten my lifespan at least by half, because the world never stops throwing s**t out lol.

 

[Dany28]

Yeah, but if I were stressed I would be enraged with the world, that would shorten my lifespan at least by half, because the world never stops throwing s**t out lol.

Alright.

 

[Tortuga]

Another nothing burger
You need to be completely delusional to think Sony going to make another real handheld

 

[qw90700]

Yeah, but if I were stressed I would be enraged with the world, that would shorten my lifespan at least by half, because the world never stops throwing s**t out lol.

*naruto flute moment* lol

The previous week I was "bothered" a lot due to work so my vibe was ruined. Legal limit for how much people can work aside sometimes it's against laws of physics for a company to complete a "project" within a time frame, which is why sometimes overwork is necessary aspect to complete what need to be completed because otherwise will be a total waste. The long story short we had to fit 2 weeks of work into 4 days starting Monday (when we learned) so imagine when Mondays already suck hard we learned this shit and rushed working even at home and staying overnight just because the "project" turned out to be required 1 week earlier so we working like a train drifting on multiple-tracks without braking and "against laws of physics" racing lol. It was a boring week so after the project ended and after I played me beloved Metal Gear Rising it was so therapeutic I was like this lol:

Honestly I would lose my shit and beating some printers if I had let dark side consume so I focused on the moment I'll have time and play me beloved street racing game on PS2 called Chou Saisoku! Zoku-sha King BU no BU: Bucchigiri Densetsu 2-kai and customize my car into a crazy evil machine with mufflers that reach heaven and spoiler that can fly all over the world!!! *is it a car or an alien spaceship???* lol

So moral of the story: No matter how shit your life is and how "negative" you have become never lost sight of yourself and never lose touch with whatever is positive. Don't forget you only have one real enemy and one real friend and both are the same person: You!!! *naruto Talk no Jutsu!!!!!* lolol

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

500 is still high.

Doesn't matter if it's a powerful handheld, I need to know the autonomy and weight.

 

[sneakyguts]

just get a pc and steam deck 2 whenever that comes out

 

[Dany28]

Ok we will see what Sony will do. I think the price will be decisive whether the device will be a success or not. Come on Sony give us a new PSP which is also affordable !!!