Looks like reviews for the portal will be coming in the next few days. Some people are reportedly getting charged for it now prior to shipping.
I don’t necessarily hate the form factor. But remote only is trash.
It’s very difficult to fit a playstation 5 into a portable size unfortunately
Who said anything about a PS5?
Streaming games is a baf experience in the best case scenario, and degrades rapidly from there. They could have very easily built an actual handheld capable of actually playing games, and chose to do this nonsense instead.
So, I have really good home networking. It’s one of those things I obsessed around for two months before getting bored but I have that now.
Ps remote play works really well for me, it gives me an imperceptible amount of lag (susceptible enough to lag that I struggle to play emulated old consoles and need fpga versions) and it’s visually nice enough especially on a tablet sized display.
They made this for people like me, obviously not people like you. Can they not make things for someone like me? Is that not allowed?
With literally perfect networking, it’s still a significantly worse experience.
Making a device that’s actually capable doesn’t prevent it from also being able to stream games.
Full tweet translation:
The size of Playstation Portal compared to Dualsense, Switch, ROG AIly and Steam Deck. In the next few days, you will have a video analyzing its connectivity, materials and interesting differences with respect to the normal control.
Last I heard, you basically need to be in the building on the same network with the paired PS5 powered on to use this device. Is that correct?
That is incorrect. You can use it outside your local network provided your Internet connection on the portal and at your PS5 is sufficient
This thing is completely pointless, when the PSPlay app already exists.
This is incorrect. You can remote play outside your home network.
??? You can do the same with the PSPlay app, so tell me what’s the point of the Portal, when I’ve already got a phone and a telescopic controller?
Op responded to the wrong comment.
Size is the least of the problems…
I can already do what it does on my Steam Deck, Android tablet, and phone.
With no games of its own, what even is the point?
Can I by an Android tablet with the same quality screen for $199?
8" and 1080p resolution?
Let’s see here…
10.5" at 1080p, $190:
SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab A8 10.5"(32GB, 3GB) Full HD, Fingerprint Secure, All-Day Battery, Android 11 Wi-Fi Tablet, US Model SM-X200 (w/ 64GB SD, Gray)
Too large for a controller mount and 16:10. Is that just an old model? Android 11 is a couple years old no?
Might be a few years old, but the goal was to come in under the $200 price tag of Sony’s unit. ;)
Plus the need for an internet connection to really do anything.
It really seems like Sony was thinking “we’ve got to get into handhelds at all costs” and completely missed what made handhelds desireable
Does it really need an Internet connection? Wifi I get because it has to see the PS5 SOMEHOW.
