"When it was first announced, the PlayStation Portal was sort of a joke. The Nintendo Switch was a megahit, and many PlayStation fans had long hoped Sony would respond with a new handheld of its own. It did... in the form of a $200 peripheral that can only stream games over the internet and required you to already own a PlayStation 5. Instead of a successor to the beloved yet famously neglected PlayStation Vita, we got the PlayStation version of the Wii U GamePad."
"My colleague Devindra Hardawar called it "baffling" in our PlayStation Portal review, and many of his criticisms still stand two years later. I was happy to ignore the Portal as a result. Besides, I already owned a bunch of devices that covered every way I wanted to play. The PS5 and PC were for the "pretty" games I want to sit and revel in on my monitor, while the Switch and Steam Deck were for playing away from my desk. This combination worked for me."
The PlayStation Portal launched as a $200 streaming-only peripheral that requires a PlayStation 5 and functions more like a Wii U GamePad than a true handheld successor to the Vita. Early reactions labeled the device baffling and criticized its limitations. Prior device setups often split play between PS5/PC for graphically impressive games and Switch/Steam Deck for portable play. A new parent who received a Portal as a gift found routines altered by childcare responsibilities, creating fragmented pockets of free time that made a remote-streaming handheld unexpectedly useful for short, flexible gaming sessions.
Read at Engadget
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