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 bad 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.
I am telling you, right now, that it is not. And that I have enjoyed my time with ps remote play already and I just want a nicer device to do that on.
Please don’t respond to this by again saying “no, stop enjoying it you are wrong you hate it”.
Please again answer why sony shouldn’t make a device for me to play on?
My remote play experiences are fantastic as well. On my steam deck I had some issues at first but once I disabled the network optimization setting on the deck developer settings (which kept kicking me off of 5ghz) it was so much better. I even turned on my TV and remote played on the deck with Ghost of Tsushima with the TV feed also running. The about if latency was imperceptible.
I preordered the Portal as well. Having a larger screen and 1080p versus the 720p of the deck, plus a full dual sense is perfect for me. I have a kid and a wife that I share the TV with.
People who are calling this dumb are just frustrated that they aren’t the target market, and therefore they think it’s going to bomb. The truth is that these people are likely in the minority. Sony has done market research on this, and all my normie friends I mention this to think it’s awesome. My bet is that this is going to sell incredibly well.
Other people who want a dedicated handheld also forget that even Nintendo themselves ditched their dual console idea (Wii and 3ds) in favor of a unified platform. Splitting development resources is a bad move.
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?
I’m getting this and I have a steam deck. For me I don’t ever remote play the PS exclusives on the deck because 720p does them such a disservice. Larger screen, higher Res, and full featured dual sense will be great for me. Especially since I share the main TV with the kiddo and the wife all day long.
This is definitely not for everyone, but for those of us who it works for, I think it’ll work really well.
I admit I’m pretty intrigued, but I wonder how the battery life will hold up under the dualsense features, what level of risk stick-drift is, and if the colors of the LCD are decent.
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. ;)
I meant more than it just being a 1080p screen though. The iPad is too heavy / cumbersome to attach to a controller mount and phones are too small. This product seems to fit nicely.
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.
