PlayStation Project Q leak offers a very rough look at the handheld in action

It seems to be like a number of pictures and a few video of PlayStation’s upcoming streaming handheld Venture Q have leaked, providing a really tough first have a look at it in motion.

As reported by VGC, a number of pictures of Venture Q had been shared on-line this weekend, although they do not appear to point out off the ultimate model of the UI. The photographs had been shared by tech fanatic Zuby-Tech on Twitter, which present that the hand-held seems to be operating on some model of Android, presumably a developer construct that might enable for some tinkering. You may as well get a very good throughout have a look at the console in a video additionally shared by Zuby_Tech, and yeah, it actually does appear like a stretched out PS5 controller with a display slapped within the center.

The display itself additionally seems to be touchscreen, although what use aside from for navigating menus that may have is not clear from the leaked video. It is also an alternative to video games that use the touchpad, as that is clearly absent from the hand-held.

When the transportable streaming console was revealed again in Might, we weren’t given a lot particulars on specs aside from the very fact it’s going to have an 8-inch LCD display which is able to 1080p decision at 60fps. You additionally do have to have the video games put in in your PS5 to have the ability to play them, however it is not clear if that additionally means you possibly can stream video games you have purchased bodily.

What additionally is not clear is when the hand-held is predicted to launch. As a part of current court docket hearings associated to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft did be aware it believes Sony will likely be releasing Venture Q later this 12 months, and for lower than $300. However that is not an official affirmation by any means, so we’ll have to attend and see what Sony has deliberate. Possibly in that point they will determine simply make it a PS Vita 2 as an alternative.