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Playstation Portal reviews

Shifty1897

Member
IGN reviewed it and gave it an 8.
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MarkMe2525

Gold Member
Im surprised by the positivity. I've had the worst experiences with remote play even on my 1gb network.
There has to be something going on with your network. My consoles are hardwired in and I never had an issue with remote play (Xbox or ps4) on my older WiFi ac nor my newer WiFi 6 home networks. I can even get by on most games over a strong LTE or 5g cellular network. I do not doubt you're having issues, my point is if you have a good network, you shouldn't be experiencing issues as you describe.
 

Aces High

Member
I canceled my preorder when I canceled my PS+ subscription.

I'll save the money for Nintendo Switch 2 with Nvidia GPU and ARM CPU.

Steamdeck using AMD GPU and x86 CPU is the reason I'm not buying.

The future of consumer electronics is ARM.
 

ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Why does this thing exist

It's only capable of streaming PS5 games over local WiFi, so its target market is people who like playing PS5 games, who want to be in a different room in their house when playing those PS5 games. Is being able to play Spider-Man 2 in the bathroom or dining room really worth $200?

Maybe its a social experiment product
 
Maybe Jimbo is a huge Switch fan, but like most adults he doesn't find the joycons comfortable to hold.

So he greenlit the portal to show Nintendo what a handheld with comfortable ergonomics looks like.
these have been available for years
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on topic: i would have bought a portal + ps5 if the thing had a direct connection to the ps5 instead of the router, oh and an oled. i don't have much tv time to myself with the family so looks like it's the Switch 2 for my next console
 
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Varteras

Member
I swear to Christ. I had better not get that as a Christmas gift. I'd just stick it up my ass for the use I'd get out of it. This thing has haptic feedback, right?
 
Playstation Portal can't login to public wifi portals. Wow, lol. The only people that seem to want this thing are people who don't know how to share the TV with their families. Honestly just get an ipad at this price point, use Remote Play, and you'll at least have a device that has another use.
 

ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Playstation Portal can't login to public wifi portals. Wow, lol. The only people that seem to want this thing are people who don't know how to share the TV with their families. Honestly just get an ipad at this price point, use Remote Play, and you'll at least have a device that has another use.

You mean this?

I’d hoped to test its performance on public WiFi, but this was a total bust. Dunkin, like many chains, airports, libraries, hotels, and other locations offering guest WiFi, requires you to visit a website and acknowledge its terms of service before allowing you onto their network, and the Portal has no web browser to allow such an interaction.
 

ArtHands

Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch

PC Mag review:
2.5 / 5 Fair

PROS​

  • Enables Remote Play streaming from your PS5
  • Dualsense controls feel great

CONS​

  • Requires a PS5
  • Doesn't do anything besides PS5 Remote Play
  • Expensive for a single-use device when other Remote Play options are available
  • Mediocre screen
 

THE DUCK

voted poster of the decade by bots
Playstation Portal can't login to public wifi portals. Wow, lol. The only people that seem to want this thing are people who don't know how to share the TV with their families. Honestly just get an ipad at this price point, use Remote Play, and you'll at least have a device that has another use.

That should be fun, I'll jam it between a couple of potatoes and despite it's high weight, bad picture quality (since it's too big for 1080p) and horrible erognomics, not to mention the extra cost of controllers. Are you going to come over and hold it for me?
It's clear you don't get the optimization, size, controllers, and other things all matter. Go ahead and use an phone or ipad then, that's your choice. And if a person doesn't want to use an ipad for anything, that's a straight up worse idea than buying the portal no matter what.
Pretty sure most of us know how to share a TV, maybe we want to play in a room without a TV, or while watching TV?
Or on a trip? At least a steam deck would be a reasonable suggestions vs an ipad.
 
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I'm not upset by the PlayStation Portal, I wish it would be better though.

Some things that would have made it better:

- BT 5.3 with low latency support
- WiFi 6
- Ability to stream from PS Cloud
- A premium model ($50 more?) with OLED.

You had me at BT 5.3 and WiFi 6. Hell I would pay $100 more for those 2 and an OLED screen to boot!
 

midnightAI

Member
I'm in Australia, retail price of PlayStation Portal is $329 AUD. Second hand Digital PS5's are going for $300 AUD on Facebook marketplace. Some even with 2 controllers and a couple games lol

So for someone wanting to buy this to play in the bedroom and they already have a TV in there for example, a second PS5 is a much better option. Obviously if you want to literally play outside the home or not use a TV then yeah PS Portal. For me, I just want to take gaming to the bedroom, and with a second PS5, I don't even need to stream. The fact that I can get a second PS5 for slightly cheaper makes the price of this a little crazy IMO.
Here a second hand PS5 is over £300 and portal costs £200

I think for many it's the convenience of playing anywhere around the home, even in the living room while the main TV is in use. As I have said before (and I don't think I'm alone in this), we have two Switch's which my kids own and they never leave the house (the Switch's that is, my kids do leave the house occasionally) and the Switch is never docked so are always used as portables around the house. I think this is where Sony have seen the main use case for a Portable (ish) PS5. So you have all the power of the PS5 in a portable form factor that's main use is to use it anywhere in the home (exactly like the Switch). Now that's just our use case and many (especially in Japan) will use the Switch outside the house, especially when travelling but it wouldn't surprise me if research was done and it pointed to mainly in home use. Anyway, not everyone wants or needs a device like this, but it's certainly going to get plenty of use in our home.
 
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midnightAI

Member

PC Mag review:
2.5 / 5 Fair
Why are people hung up on a remote play device only being able to do PS5 remote play. It does exactly what it's designed to do so of course you need a PS5. What a dumb 'review'.

(And this is the first one to say it has a mediocre screen all others said it's an excellent screen, is it as good as OLED? Maybe not but it's by no means bad or mediocre)

Edit: oooh, actually, this is by PC Mag, I think they owned Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine back in the day. In 2007 we won the best mobile Shoot Em Up category for that years awards. I take back the 'dumb review' comment (not really)
 

midnightAI

Member
Also… if it is about 100ms of additional input lag compared to a TV screen yikes… really not taking advantage of a direct connection to PS5 or custom protocols. Wii U had far far far lower input lag.
Wii U pad had to be within 8 meters of the console so you couldn't take it into other rooms and certainly couldn't take it out of the house. So while that is fine if you are in the same room, moving to the bedroom wouldn't be possible for most.
 

Panajev2001a

GAF's Pleasant Genius
Wii U pad had to be within 8 meters of the console so you couldn't take it into other rooms and certainly couldn't take it out of the house. So while that is fine if you are in the same room, moving to the bedroom wouldn't be possible for most.
I would take higher latency if I am hopping in a router but 100ms extra? Oh come on…
 

midnightAI

Member
I would take higher latency if I am hopping in a router but 100ms extra? Oh come on…
For most games you probably won't even notice, twitch shooters are probably not ideal though. I haven't really heard many reviewers complain about it so I don't think it's a big deal. Probably down to the individual though and what type of games they are playing. But if you are a COD player for example you'd probably play on the big screen anyway as a small screen wouldn't be ideal for competitive play anyway. (Doesn't affect me personally as I don't tend to like those types of games anyway but for those that are it's probably a valid concern)
 

Killjoy-NL

Member
For most games you probably won't even notice, twitch shooters are probably not ideal though. I haven't really heard many reviewers complain about it so I don't think it's a big deal. Probably down to the individual though and what type of games they are playing. But if you are a COD player for example you'd probably play on the big screen anyway as a small screen wouldn't be ideal for competitive play anyway. (Doesn't affect me personally as I don't tend to like those types of games anyway but for those that are it's probably a valid concern)
I still want to experience COD on Portal. If I can manage, I'll be happy.
It's not like I take COD too seriously anyway.
But this could be an issue once Paragon: Overprime releases on PS5.

If not, I'll just play those games on my tv.
 

DenchDeckard

Moderated wildly
So, do we get real world feedback off people soon. I remember all the praise the PSVR2 got and then people got it home. That sweet spot is disgusting. It's like no one wants to rock the almighty Sony boat, in gaming from these websites.

Let's see what the every day user feedback is on this device. If its genuinely great we will soon find out.
 

THE DUCK

voted poster of the decade by bots
Ehhh no. Horseshit. I've been doing this with xbox for a while and it works perfectly. Blame your Wifi.

Err what exactly is horseshit?

50% smaller screen - it's a fact

still $100+ cost - it's a fact, no free phone or controllers

more lag - likely you are wrong on this too, you just don't notice it. This is the only point you have even a glimmer of dispute
My Wifi is fine. Xbox streaming is pretty good locally, cloud is hit and miss. There is definately still too much lag to want to use either regularly. Will see tommorow if the portal is the same, or improved due you the partially closed system. Both ends of hardware are optimized by Sony (ps5 and portal), with only the router in the middle vs remote play only fully controlling/optimizing one end of the hardware. (Ps5)

way worse controls - worse little joysticks knowhere near as good as ps5 dualsense, no contest, no haptic feedback, it's a fact

unbalanced - considering the phone was never designed to be balanced, and it's jammed in between 2 smaller joysticks, it has no chance vs a team of Sony engineers from the ground up

Say you won't buy it, say it's over priced, but you have no leg to stand on for most of the above. Do you even own a ps5? (Just wondering since you conspicuously mention xbox cloud and not ps remote play)
 
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midnightAI

Member
So, do we get real world feedback off people soon. I remember all the praise the PSVR2 got and then people got it home. That sweet spot is disgusting. It's like no one wants to rock the almighty Sony boat, in gaming from these websites.

Let's see what the every day user feedback is on this device. If its genuinely great we will soon find out.
It's releases tomorrow (mine has been dispatched)
 

THE DUCK

voted poster of the decade by bots
Crap, just checked my shipping into, bestbuy normally sends me stuff next day, of course this one went snail mail and I'll be luck to have it by Friday.
 
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Killjoy-NL

Member
So, do we get real world feedback off people soon. I remember all the praise the PSVR2 got and then people got it home. That sweet spot is disgusting. It's like no one wants to rock the almighty Sony boat, in gaming from these websites.

Let's see what the every day user feedback is on this device. If its genuinely great we will soon find out.
PSVR2 does deserve all the praise though for what it does.

Maybe people are genuinely happy with their purchases?
 

Z O N E

Member
I’d hoped to test its performance on public WiFi, but this was a total bust. Dunkin, like many chains, airports, libraries, hotels, and other locations offering guest WiFi, requires you to visit a website and acknowledge its terms of service before allowing you onto their network, and the Portal has no web browser to allow such an interaction.

Wait... so what's the point of this then?

Almost every location I go to you have to go through the terms of service hoop, so basically you spend all that money just to stream it from inside your house? Lol
 

midnightAI

Member
Crap, just checked my shipping into, bestbuy normally sends me stuff next day, of course this one went snail mail and I'll be luck to have it by Friday.
Ooof, that's harsh, isn't sending something like that via snail mail unusual? (for insurance reasons etc)
 
Wait... so what's the point of this then?

Almost every location I go to you have to go through the terms of service hoop, so basically you spend all that money just to stream it from inside your house? Lol
You dont get it. I am shunned by my family which includes 12 kids and I never get to use my own tv. I lay in bed and dream of having the power of playstation in my palms. When I take trips outside to use the bathroom, I wish i could stay out there for hours, gaming without intereference from the indoor world (within wifi range). I must support the playstation brand, nothing else will satisfy this particular need of my unique household.
 
You dont get it. I am shunned by my family which includes 12 kids and I never get to use my own tv. I lay in bed and dream of having the power of playstation in my palms. When I take trips outside to use the bathroom, I wish i could stay out there for hours, gaming without intereference from the indoor world (within wifi range). I must support the playstation brand, nothing else will satisfy this particular need of my unique household.
My time is precious, I rarely have time for personal gaming. Therefore I dedicate inordinate amount of time on forums arguing that my purchases are justified. I am not internally conflicted, and I do not waste time creating cringe memes that project my insecurity onto others.
 

midnightAI

Member
You dont get it. I am shunned by my family which includes 12 kids and I never get to use my own tv. I lay in bed and dream of having the power of playstation in my palms. When I take trips outside to use the bathroom, I wish i could stay out there for hours, gaming without intereference from the indoor world (within wifi range). I must support the playstation brand, nothing else will satisfy this particular need of my unique household.
Are you English by the way? just curious as every post you make is sarcasm, and we do sarcasm the best.
 

DenchDeckard

Moderated wildly
Waste of money is subjective.

But earlier you were also calling it a future flop.

No idea why you are so dedicated to being able to call a portable screen a flop?

Making one comment, saying you feel like a product is not going to be very successful, is not being dedicated to calling something a flop...it is simply making one comment saying you don't feel it will be successful. Nothing else.
 

Ozriel

M$FT
seems like a clever ploy from Sony to move more people into digital purchases.

If you’re traveling or out of the house, only your digital library or the game in the tray will be playable.

If it takes off, it’ll also push more multi-console owners to buy multiplatform games on PlayStation. Not a bad strategy at all.
 
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