Yosp shows off his God of War on his Steam Deck, aka Vita 2

PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida has been waving his Steam Deck around pretty regularly since the early models were gifted to tech luminaries. With the public launch set for February, it is likely to be the most powerful portable ever. Every time Yosp waves his about, people bring up the PSP, Vita and Sony's lack of a successor, and generates a bunch of press articles. 

The latest shot, showing it playing the PC version of God of War suggests that Yosp (now working for Sony on independent developer relations) accepts the Steam Deck is as close as we get to any Vita 2, with little hope of a PS5 remote player which would resolve Sony's total lack of a portable solution. 

For us Vita owners, its a look into what could have been, something ahead of the Switch in terms of power would have been fine for PS3/PS2/PS1/PSP and Vita gaming on the go, with streaming of PS4 and 5 titles. And I'm sure Sony would have done a better job on the buttons and triggers than appears on the early Steam Deck.