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by solardev 850 days ago
I see. Yeah, $200 seems like a great price point for that device and build quality. Too bad it's locked to PS games! Just Sony being Sony, sigh.
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yurishimo 850 days ago
It doesn't even play games though; it streams them from your console over wifi.
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solardev 849 days ago
So's the GCloud, and I paid like $250 for that. At least the PS Portal has better ergonomics, and maybe the screen is nicer too, hard to tell from the pictures.
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ErneX 850 days ago
It’s a streaming device to play the games from your PS5 remotely.

Just an accessory.

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solardev 849 days ago
Right, which is why it's a bummer (not that it doesn't play games locally, but that it doesn't even work with other streaming services like GeForce Now, GamePass/xCloud, Shadow, etc.).

The "streaming only handheld" isn't uncommon anymore (like in the GP: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436797), but most of those are service-agnostic and let you pick where you want to stream from. The Portal is locked to PS, as far as I can tell... not sure if it even supports PSNow (Sony's cloud streaming solution)?

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