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PlayStation’s first Remote Play dedicated device, PlayStation Portal remote player, to launch later this year at $199.99 (blog.playstation.com)
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PlayStation Portal remote player brings the PS5 experience to the palm of your hand. It includes the key features of the DualSense wireless controller, including adaptive triggers and haptic feedback*. The vibrant 8-inch LCD screen is capable of 1080p resolution at 60fps, providing a high definition visual experience that’s expected from the high quality games created by world-class developers.

PlayStation Portal is the perfect device for gamers in households where they might need to share their living room TV or simply want to play PS5 games in another room of the house. PlayStation Portal will connect remotely to your PS5 over Wi-Fi**, so you’ll be able to swiftly jump from playing on your PS5 to your PlayStation Portal. PlayStation Portal can play supported games that are installed on your PS5 console and use the Dualsense controller. It also includes a 3.5mm audio jack for wired audio. PS VR2 games, which require the headset, and games that are streamed through PlayStation Plus Premium’s cloud streaming, are not supported.***

PlayStation Portal remote player will launch later this year for 199.99 USD | 219.99 EURO | 199.99 GBP | 29,980 YEN. We’ll have more details soon on when pre-orders begin for PlayStation Portal.

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[–] UnixWeeb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Waste of money. Why not compete with the switch/steamdeck? Make the remote play an option like you've done in the past. A digital ps5 is $400 and the portal is $200. I'm paying $600 and can't take the device anywhere. Steamdeck starts at $400 and the switch is $300. Hell, I can install remote play on the steam deck and do the same thing the portal does. Sucks this is how sony is getting back into "portable" gaming.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A handheld digital only PS4 could move some units at $200 pretty easily IMO.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if it was that easy, we'd have a Switch 2 by this point. The Steam Deck is basically a mini-PS4, and that starts at $400.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The steam deck is significantly more capable than the PS4. Jaguar's CPUs were absolute dogshit when they launched, let along compared to anything Ryzen.

The problem with a switch 2 is nvidia can't make competent CPUs.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

The steam deck is significantly more capable than the PS4.

Not according to Digital Foundry. In real gaming performance and tuned to PS4-level settings, you'll see framerates slightly higher than the PS4. Tuned to Xbox Series S settings, you'll see framerates slightly below the Series S. And all of this is mostly only possible because the Steam Deck only needs to output 720p, which is easier for a GPU than the 900p-1080p that those comparable consoles are usually targeting.

The PS4 CPU was garbage, yes, but that usually didn't matter because most console games are not very CPU-intensive.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

also worth going further on library size. There's twice as many steam deck verified games, than there are ps4 titles. Not counting any titles that work in steam deck but haven't bothered to be verified.