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Sony’s next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’

Sony’s next-gen PlayStation will go ‘beyond the living room’

Sony hinted in a recent Q&A with investors that the next generation PlayStation will offer some kind of experience that lets you play games outside of your living room. Here's the relevant portion from the transcript, emphasis mine: Q: How can you bring back to the PlayStation platform users who mig...

A photo of various devices that let you play PlayStation Remote Play.
There are already a few ways to play PlayStation games on the go, but Sony is also rumored to be working on a new handheld. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Sony hinted in a recent Q&A with investors that the next generation PlayStation will offer some kind of experience that lets you play games outside of your living room.

Here's the relevant portion from the transcript, emphasis mine:

Q: How can you bring back to the PlayStation platform users who migrated to gaming PCs during the COVID period? In aiming for profit growth, are there limitations on what can be done in the short term, or do you see the potential for more significant changes with the next-generation platform?

A: PlayStation has long been strongly associated with the idea of playing in the living room. However, in recent yea …

Read the full story at The Verge.