PlayStation Project Q will be Sony’s new handheld stunt. A new leak shows the mobile console in pictures and in a video.

Sony’s PlayStation handheld is official and is expected to launch by 2024. The announcement of the mobile games console didn’t exactly cause a standing ovation!

Images are now surfacing on Twitter showing the handheld in an early stage of development. Leaker ZubyTech has also shared a video showing the handheld’s operating system.

PlayStation Project Q probably runs on Android

This 28-second video shows the upcoming handheld in an early stage of development. The video gives a brief glimpse of the 8-inch display and the front and back of the device. The OS appears to be based on Google’s Android operating system.

You can take a closer look at the video at the following Twitter link:

PlayStation Project Q Leaks:PlayStation ProjectQ https://t.co/gyFrsW7xkN pic.twitter.com/0R0yQIdr0I

– @Zuby_Tech (@Zuby_Tech) July 22, 2023

An official release date for Sony’s new prank is still pending. The device is rumoured to hit retailer shelves before the end of 2023.

Those hoping for a revival of the old PSP and PS Vita days will be disappointed though Project Q will be a cloud streaming platform, meaning that the remote play function of the PlayStation 5 will be used to stream the game content on the handheld.

So the games won’t be played natively on the device, which means you’ll have to run the PlayStation 5 in parallel while comfortably gaming on the handheld’s 8-inch screen.

Sony Project Q is probably coming as a streaming handheld by 2024. We’ll find out what the portable console is actually capable of in the future. What do you think of Sony’s new prank so far? Are you interested and do (streaming) handhelds leave you completely cold anyway? What does the console have to do to convince you? Feel free to write it down in the comments below!

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