In 2017, Nintendo, which seems to have been abandoned by Sony and Microsoft, returned to the public view with the big sale of the Swtich handheld. Although it is not a "real" handheld, it is still popular with consumers, and the supply still falls short of demand nearly half a year after its launch. As an old rival, Sony once unified the handheld market during the PSP and PSV period, but with the increasingly strong performance of smart phones, PSP and PSV have already withdrawn from the historical stage.
Citing the news from foreign media, Andrew House, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, revealed in a recent interview that Sony Entertainment still focuses on the PS4 ecosystem and is not working on products similar to PS Vita. He said that Vita's market is mainly in Japan and Asia. Now in many parts of Asia, smart phones have actually taken the place of mobile phones. Sony's assessment believes that the remaining market is not enough to support more resources.
This statement also seems to imply that Sony Interactive Entertainment will focus on PS4 and PS VR in the future. It seems that it will not develop handheld products in the short term. However, it cannot be ruled out that Sony will launch deformable mainframe products similar to Switch.
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