Sony Interactive Entertainment head Hermen Hulst has dropped the strongest hint yet that the PS6 generation won't be a single device — comments he made in a recent interview suggest a portable companion console could launch alongside the next home system.
Hulst stopped short of confirming anything outright, but his phrasing around Sony's hardware strategy was notably different from the usual non-committal corporate line. He spoke about wanting PlayStation to be playable "wherever you are" and framed the next generation in terms of a broader ecosystem rather than a single box — language that strongly implies a handheld is part of the plan. Sony already has the PlayStation Portal as a remote-play device, but that hardware streams from a PS5 rather than running games natively, so a true portable with its own silicon would be a significant step up.
The PS5 Pro launched in late 2024 as a mid-gen refresh, and Sony has been unusually quiet about what comes next. Nintendo's Switch success — and the Switch 2's strong early sales — has clearly put pressure on both Microsoft and Sony to think harder about portable play. Microsoft has its own handheld ambitions in the works, so Sony sitting out that space entirely for another generation looks increasingly unlikely.
No release window or specs were mentioned, and Sony has not issued any official hardware announcement. But Hulst's comments are the clearest signal yet from inside the company that the PS6 era is being designed with more than one screen in mind.
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