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Playstation Portal reviews
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analog_future
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Pretty lukewarm reviews.
Punished Miku
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Jim Ryan seemed pretty pumped about it.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Cyberpunkd
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analog_future
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SEGAvangelist
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The only review that has some kind of latency test showed greater than 120ms. That's awful. Seems like the only bonuses in this device over the Logitech G Cloud are haptics and a slightly larger screen. It's a downgrade in nearly every other department. This creation of this device just baffles me.
Tiago Rodrigues
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So this will be forgotten in like a year. (like VR2 unfortunately)
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
"5 hours of battery on a full charge."
Holy shit. That's awful.
Logitech G Cloud gets ~12 hours, mind you.
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Gamer_By_Proxy
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The Portal has an Airplane Mode . . .
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The Portal has an Airplane Mode . . .
The more I read about this device, the more it perplexes me. What does airplane mode service on a tablet whose sole purpose is to stay connected to a PS5 to be operational.
Magic Carpet
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The Pleasure
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120ms is roughly eight frames of lag. Tjat was the launch amount of lag thqt street fighter 5 had on launch. Curse!
Thirty7ven
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Why would there be? The difference is that this is a purpose built option. In the VGC video they say it’s the most comfortable handheld on the market. So you get comfort and a large screen instead of doing an hack to turn your phone into a small screen handheld.
Gamer_By_Proxy
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That's what I don't get. On the phone you can be in airplane mode and still turn on bluetooth, so maybe with airplane mode on you can still use the PS link connection directly but not wifi? That's my best guess.
analog_future
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Where are you gathering this?
I'm seeing 120ms of added latency, inconsistent image quality, and poor battery life.
SEGAvangelist
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Turning haptics off probably gets you closer to a typical remote play device.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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From the VGC review linked in the OP.
www.videogameschronicle.com
Pros:
Review: PlayStation Portal is a slick solution for portable players
Sony’s PS5 streaming handheld is a great piece of hardware, but it isn’t for everyone
www.videogameschronicle.com
Pros:
- The most comfortable handheld on the market
- Bright, crisp screen
- Strong battery life
- No bluetooth support
- Requires solid WIFI for best results
midnightAI
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I think that may be a legal requirement if I remember correctly for any phone or tablet (this is still essentially a tablet)
demigod
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5 hours is fucking good. You can’t even get 2 hours from Steam Deck.
GymWolf
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That sound ominous if anything...
Gamer_By_Proxy
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Watch the reviews, these threads are full of a bunch of haters. haha
SEGAvangelist
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No Bluetooth support is such a killer for a product like this.From the VGC review linked in the OP.
Review: PlayStation Portal is a slick solution for portable players
Sony’s PS5 streaming handheld is a great piece of hardware, but it isn’t for everyone
Pros:
Cons:
- The most comfortable handheld on the market
- Bright, crisp screen
- Strong battery life
- No bluetooth support
- Requires solid WIFI for best results
analog_future
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You can't compare a fucking streaming device to a handheld PC lol. You compare streaming devices to other streaming devices. And the Portal has got to be the worst-in-class battery life for a streaming device.
Fake
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Are you really comparing a native playing with local stream? lmao
Ronin_7
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I'm seeing a great controller, great screen even if at 1080p.
IQ depends on connection, I've a 1Gb connection and 5G on my phone.
It's not my problem the US has shitty internet mate.
Battery is 4.5-5.5 hours, Steam Deck turns off at 1.25H here, sure not the same but you should never expect 20H battery life here.
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SEGAvangelist
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I device will be forgotten in less than half that time.
Phase
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This is baffling. It doesn't even feel like these companies are trying anymore. It's making me feel really weird lately.
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analog_future
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Shitty internet? These impressions are done on local networks and have nothing to do with an internet connection.
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My impartial, unbiased impressions on this device are just based on me trying cloud on Xbox a tiny bit. To try that, I spent $5 for a little plastic clip that hooked to my Xbox controller. It holds my phone. From there I could cloud stream on blue tooth or wi-fi with the full ergonomics of a real Xbox controller and my nice phone screen. $5.
This just seems like a bad deal. If you want remote play at home then I get it. It's just overpriced and very limited as a product. $5 literally got me more than this product. It makes infinitely more sense to just make an app for phones since you will have a bluetooth plan for it.
This just seems like a bad deal. If you want remote play at home then I get it. It's just overpriced and very limited as a product. $5 literally got me more than this product. It makes infinitely more sense to just make an app for phones since you will have a bluetooth plan for it.
IlGialloMondadori
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Its definitely a strange device.
Magic Carpet
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Well hopefully more handheld gaming PC's will look a the form factor of this and start putting more comfort in the design part.
Steamdeck 2 take note of the controls here please.
Steamdeck 2 take note of the controls here please.
midnightAI
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thats called a dualsense controller
Ronin_7
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Local networks can be shit mate.
Lucifers Beard
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What the fuck are you talking about, Steam Deck plays games locally on the device with no latency, you can also emulate older games, stream movies online and browse the internet.
You can also stream PS5 to Steam Deck and you'll probably get around 6-6.5 hours from it. With the new OLED Deck you'll probably get 8 hours.
Otherwise, what's going on at Sony, it's like they don't know what they're doing. Absolutely nothing worth talking about happening over there over the last couple of years. It's like they fell of a cliff.
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Roxkis_ii
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I want to put my own screen between the two half's of the controller and not use one of those cellphone holders with a normal controller. The weight being at the top edge of the controller will make it uncomfortable after a while.
Ronin_7
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Steam Deck battery it's definitely not 8 hours but once I've the OLED i can test this.
Since I'm not buying Portal i won't be able to compare them.
Killjoy-NL
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Got my PS5 wired and my wifi at home has ~400+Mbps download with /65+Mbps upload.
I assume that should be more than enough for stable Remote Play.
Curious as to whether it will be enough to have decent connection for online multiplayer.
Not too worried, if I can play sp or more laid back multiplayer it's fine enough.
Portal is meant as a back-up for when I can't use my tv, it's not going to be my main method for gaming.
I assume that should be more than enough for stable Remote Play.
Curious as to whether it will be enough to have decent connection for online multiplayer.
Not too worried, if I can play sp or more laid back multiplayer it's fine enough.
Portal is meant as a back-up for when I can't use my tv, it's not going to be my main method for gaming.
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Ashler
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What do you mean? That you're remote playing via BT? I don't think that would work.
Lucifers Beard
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Well I said 6-6.5 hours which isn't 8. With the improved battery I'd imagine it will be at least 8 hours streaming.