Sony has said that the PlayStation Portal is meant to be a niche product for a specific audience, but its sales continue to impress.
After a few months with the PlayStation Portal, Digital Trends Giovanni Colantonio is starting to see how the streaming handheld fits into our gaming lives.
It'll probably help me get through some games. Listen to the tv and play at same time. Also people need to stop hating
I'll stop hating when they go back to being able to connect locally instead of through the internet. Some of us are adults with jobs that take us away from top tier internet service.
Thanks for disagreeing. I doubt you never seen or afford a PS Portal?
I bought it at launch and it's the best decision I ever made. Well done Sony!
I slipped a disc in my back a short while ago and I could barely move for 2 weeks. A spent a near fortnite on my back and the Portal was a god send
I must type fortnite out more often than I actually use the word fortnight because my phone auto corrects to it. Haha
Nah I've been playing Cyberpunk and HellDivers though
I was thinking about getting the Portal but my Logitech G-Cloud remote plays my PS5 games, Series X, retro games fine so will stick with that for now. Good to see the Portal doing well.
IIRC both have 1080p resolution and 60Hz/fps. The Portal has a 1” bigger screen though (8” vs 7”) and is about $100 cheaper if you can find one without having to seek out a reseller.
The Portal is strictly a PlayStation device and has on-par if not worse connectivity than most phones, so a G-Cloud or even a Steam Deck for a bit more money is a better deal for more options.
Completely agree! Playing PS5 remotely, Game Pass, GeForce Now, some emulators as well for older games. The G Cloud is an amazing device for that price!
Project lead Hiromi Wakai explains Sony's goals and why the Portal isn't a Vita 2.
Portal is a great little piece of kit. I use it and the G-Cloud for my console streaming needs.
I was able to find one at gamestop this past weekend, but you need to be a pro member smh. I paid the $25 to get it
As a dad of two this is the best gadget I could have ever bought for the price. In a week I've finished Valhalla and dived well into Tales of Arise, which previously would have taken me a month or more. It helps that it's so comfortable and amazing to play on, the design is far better than pictures would suggest. As someone who used to remote play on my phone with a backbone, only an insane person would say the experience is comparable. You just can't underestimate the appeal of playing on an 8 inch screen with DualSense controls, of playing in bed, or while the kids are watching or being able to hide what you're playing from the little ones because 90% of your games aren't child friendly. Loving my Portal.
This works better than I thought. A quick tip, for best results, wire your PS5 and make sure you are connected to 5gz on the Portal.
The homebrew scene managed to craft a new use for the PlayStation Portal and that's to play PlayStation Portable (PSP) games!
would be cool to hack it to run retroarch, but the lack of expandable storage is somewhat of a downer. I have both a steamdeck and logetch gcloud for those emulators anyway.
Most likely will have a way to solder extra storage eventually, or replace the memory already placed in it. Will most likely have its price lowered this year, if it hits that 150 price tag and they can get retro arch running on it then it could well be worth the buy. Depends on how well it will run PS2/GC games.
How does it work on GCloud. How much space does it have? They are saying that there is 6GB of space on the Portal.
the G-Cloud has 64gb built in as well as a micro sd slot for expanded storage. It plays pretty much anything before PS2/GCN just fine. It has some issues with certain PS2/GCN games but that could be the core that is used.
Like the Amazon Firestick, it’s used mostly for dodgy apps/software. I’m not a tech expert, but lack of memory on this will hit sales. Sony could’ve been sneaky and followed the Firestick route to allow gamers to do whatever they wanted.
Something that Sony should have done to begin with. Jesus Christ, a screen that has minimal function and closed to Sony’s own peripberals. I wonder, did Sony change their logo to an apple?
Without a link to a real explanation of what was done... I can already play PSP games on PSPortal via... Remote Play.
So, I'm really confused.
And PS2 is at...155? Damn...the Switch got close! It still just might make it.
I use mine a lot. Don't get me wrong it's not perfect by any means. It really isn't good for fast paced games but as I love my RPGs it's perfect for those. I've put a good few hours into BG3 and Infinite Wealth on my Portal when the TV is being used. It's so good to use that at times it's easy to forget it's not playing games natively.
Not surprised. My Portal has been a life changer with two kids in the house. I use it almost every day and the comfort factor and build quality is amazing. Of course playing on a big TV with Pulse Elite headphones is superior, but the Portal is such a damn good handheld experience that you get lost in it. Can't remote play any other way now.
‘They’ as well as the rest of the paid media also claimed this for PSVR2…. It’s about time people realised published sales figures mean nothing and can be slanted to any direction to suit the chosen narrative… they’re fake..