Sony Patent Suggest Plans Of Releasing A Switch-like Gaming Console

Sony Interactive Entertainment appears to have been hard at work these days. Aside from the upcoming launch and release of the PlayStation 5, the Japanese console maker seems to be working something that we have not expected all these years. If the recent patent is to come by, it appears that we might be seeing a new gaming console with a cartridge or maybe a handheld PlayStation gaming console?

Yes, that’s right. LetsGoDigital, the same site that shared the leaked PlayStation 5 Dev Kit patent, is now sharing a PlayStation cartridge patent. It was registered under Sony Interactive Entertainment earlier in 2019 at the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) in Brazil. The application was submitted by Kasznar Leonardos as the local 'IP agent.'

The design of the latest PlayStation cartridge was made by Senior Art Director at the Corporate Design Center of Sony Interactive Entertainment Yujin Morisawa, who is also responsible for all the products associated with the PlayStation brand. If you can recall, the same details about the PlayStation 5 Dev Kit, which later turned out to be accurately true, surfaced in the same way on the Internet; The patent designed by Morisawa, registered under INPI, and reported by the Dutch site LetsGoDigital.

At this point, however, it is still unclear what Sony is planning for this PlayStation cartridge patent. The Japanese gaming console maker has never used any cartridges for its home gaming console in the past. We also know that the PlayStation 5 will feature a Blu-ray drive capable of reading triple-layered discs up to a whopping 100 GB.

In other words, the PlayStation cartridge patent may not be intended for the PlayStation 5. But, it is worth noting that Sony used cartridges for the PlayStation Vita, the handheld console, which was officially released in 2012. Sony, over the years, has repeatedly stated that it is not working on any handheld gaming console, probably because of many reasons.

It could because Sony would not want to repeat the mistakes PlayStation Vita has made. It could also be due to the increasing popularity of mobile gaming using tablets and smartphones, but we never know. Sony may have a change of heart ever since they made the statement about the handheld gaming console. With Nintendo releasing the Nintendo Switch Lite after the massive success of the Classic Switch, who knows what Sony has been planning all along.