Could a PlayStation handheld be on the way? New rumor says maybe

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Sony just unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro, and it's up for preorder now. However, a new rumor claims that Sony is already working on PlayStation 6 and may be producing at least two different gaming platforms.

The rumor comes from NEOgaf forum poster KeplerL2 (spotted by Techspot). KeplerL2 originally made the claim in a thread speculating about the price of the eventual PlayStation 6. It was eventually spun off into its own separate thread on the gaming forum.

KeplerL2 posted that Sony has two system on chips in development for the next-generation consoles. "[I don't know] if it's a Series X/S situation or a home console + handheld," they said.

It's a forum, so speculation ran rampant from suggestions that Sony would simultaneously release a high-end version of the PS6 and possibly a "slim" more affordable model. 

Allegedly, part of the reason Intel and Sony couldn't reach an agreement was backward compatibility, an essential aspect of PlayStation consoles since the company was raked over the coals for the lack of BC in the PlayStation 3.

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