Sony confirms “PlayStation Q,” a handheld device for streaming PS5 games
by Samuel Axon from Ars Technica - All content on (#6BWWH)
PlayStation Q next to a PS5, for scale. [credit: Sony ]
Amid a plethora of game trailers, Sony dedicated a single minute of its more-than-an-hour-long PlayStation Showcase livestream on Wednesday to revealing two new hardware products.
The most buzzworthy of these is surely Project Q-that's the internal name, as the final name is still pending. Whatever it is called in the future, Project Q confirms a long-standing rumor: It's a new PlayStation handheld.
The device will be focused on streaming; Sony says it will allow users to stream any non-VR game from a local PlayStation 5 console using Remote Play over Wi-Fi. In fact, it won't be able to play games on its own; it's all about the streaming functionality.