The PlayStation Portal was always an odd piece of hardware—a DualSense controller chopped in half, with an eight-inch screen wedged in the middle. Unlike Sony's previous dedicated handhelds, the PlayStation Portable (or PSP) and PS Vita, Portal was merely a remote viewer, allowing players to stream games from their PS5 over a home network.
Until now. Possibly as a result of the Portal being a surprise success for Sony, the gadget is being updated to support cloud gaming features, independent of a PS5. This change may mark a significant tipping point for mainstream adoption of cloud gaming.
The question is, does this mark a tipping point for mainstream adoption of cloud gaming, or is it just a stepping stone to Sony fully re-entering the handheld console market?
PlayStation Portal launched in November 2023 as little more than a glorified second screen for PlayStation 5. Now, a year on from release, it finally has some greater use as a gaming device in its own right.
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