Sony Confirms ‘PlayStation Q,’ a Handheld System For Streaming PS5 Video games

An nameless reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amid a plethora of sport trailers, Sony devoted a single minute of its more-than-an-hour-long PlayStation Showcase livestream on Wednesday to disclose two new {hardware} merchandise. Probably the most buzzworthy of those is definitely Venture Q — that is the interior identify, as the ultimate identify continues to be pending. No matter it’s known as sooner or later, Venture Q confirms a long-standing rumor: It is a new PlayStation handheld.

The machine will probably be centered on streaming; Sony says it can enable customers to stream any non-VR sport from an area PlayStation 5 console utilizing Distant Play over Wi-Fi. In reality, it will not be capable to play video games by itself; it is all concerning the streaming performance. As for Venture Q’s specs, it has an 8-inch HD display and “all of the buttons and options of the DualSense wi-fi controller.” Launch dates and pricing for these have not been introduced […]. Ars notes that Sony has been providing Distant Play for some time on different gadgets. “You possibly can sync a DualSense controller together with your macOS, Home windows, iOS, or Android machine and stream your video games over Wi-Fi or the Web, although the latter is laden with latency challenges.”

Along with Venture Q, Sony additionally introduced plans to launch Bluetooth earbuds that may concurrently hook up with a PlayStation console, cellular machine, and PCs, just like AirPods.