PlayStation Portal Remote Player Launches November 15 for $200 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 31 August 2023 / 3,171 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the PlayStation Portal remote player will launch on November 15 for $199.99 / £199.99 / €219.99 / 29,980 yen. Pre-orders are now available on PlayStation Direct.
View the PlayStation Portal remote player pre-order trailer below:
Read details on the PlayStation Portal below:
Feel the Power of PlayStation in the Palm of Your Hand. Play your PlayStation 5 console over your home Wi-Fi with console quality controls using PlayStation Portal Remote Player. Experience the incredible immersion of DualSense wireless controller features like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers in supported games.
PlayStation Portal Remote Player can stream compatible games installed on your PlayStation 5 console. PlayStation Portal Remote Player requires broadband internet Wi-Fi with at least 5MB per second for use. For a better play experience, a high-speed connection of at least 15MB per second is recommended. The quality and connectivity of your play experience may vary depending on your network environment. A PlayStation 5 console and account for PlayStation Network is required. The PlayStation 5 console must be connected to a broadband internet connection, powered on fully or in Rest Mode, and it must be paired with your PlayStation Portal Remote Player.
Games that require a virtual reality headset (PlayStation VR or PlayStation VR2) or additional peripherals (other than a DUALSHOCK 4, DualSense, or DualSense Edge wireless controller) are not compatible. Games that must be streamed on PlayStation 5 using a PlayStation Plus Premium membership are not compatible. Haptic feedback and adaptive trigger features available when supported by game.
The PlayStation Portal remote player launches starting November 15 🛜
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) August 31, 2023
Pre-order details: https://t.co/meD5OKkvlH pic.twitter.com/uBsvsj94tM
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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ehh... what the hell. I ordered one. I have paid more for themed controllers that do nothing other than look cool. I can at least get some use out of this one.
Money down the drain
Depends on the use case. I personally have no real use for it because if I cannot use it outside of my home, then why would I waste 200 bucks for a controller with a screen that I cannot use my own ear buds with when I can just use my phone or Ipad.
I personally wonder how often someone does not have access to their main TV while they want to game. Most homes I believe have more than one TV and the only time my family is using the main TV is when all of us want to watch a movie together. If I am in Bed, its either for sleeping or other activities that does not require a portable PS5. Its also not like I sit on the toilet for a long period of time to actually play a game.
I bought a nice TV so I can play on it with my PS5 and Series X. Its hard for me to really see a good use case that I want to spend 200 bucks to sometimes play on rare occasions that I am in my bedroom and not sleeping or doing adult activities.
the use case for me is off tv play. My game room can be very isolated and I like being downstairs watching tv and playing casually on my switch or steam deck (which i also use for xbox game pass). Now i can do the same with my PS5. I tried using a phone and controller but this is much nicer.
Yeah, my kids do that which I have to say I am to old for. I am either watching TV or I am not. I do not game or be on my phone while watching TV. If I am gaming, I want to be on my big screen OLED TV. If I am watching TV, well I am definitely not gaming. If what I am watching is not keeping my full attention, then I probably not actually watching it, so I might as well just be playing a game.
I don't understand what they were thinking. If you're in a household that doesn't have 2 tvs or you're going to have problems gaming with a ps5, why buy onen the first place.
I don't understand the market. You can buy a tv with a bigger screen cheaper than this.
I mean $200 really is looking pretty good.
Has there been any word if this can be used as a regular controller?
Never thought about that, but that is interesting!
I guess pretty cool if you wanna go play PS5 at a friends house and all you have to do is bring this. I can see this being a cool gadget for like Playstation super users who have a lot of disposable income who happen to find themselves out of the house in places with wifi where they wish they could be gaming. Though I can't imagine that is a terribly large market.
i dont plan on using it out of the house. My goal is to use it like I did the wiiu tablet. Just kick back on the couch in another room and use for off tv play.
So $200 on top of a $400/$500 system just to get Wii U functionality. Seems like quite the ask. Can't imagine that is a very large market either.
Here is hoping for a Black Friday on this! I sort of doubt it would get any kind of price decrease that quickly, but I could see Walmart/Target/etc. bundling say $20-$50 of PS Store money alongside it.
looks at blank calendar
Uhh, sorry I'm doing something else that day
So its a Vita that you can't leave the house with?
I still wish this was a handheld console instead of a remote play device.
Would have liked it earlier. It pairs well with grinding Disgaea 7 I bet.
Then again that is also Mario, Spider-man, and Alan wake as well. So maybe I -reshuffle stuff.
The reviews are good I'll look into it.
Jim Ryan tenure as head of Sony has been a disaster. All of the good sales and games we've gotten so far are the result of the previous CEO.....since games take 5-6 years to make.
A corporate anti-consumer exploitative turd who doest know or cares about video games, and the results are clear.
Complete rip-off. You could literally already stream PS5 games on your phone through remote play, why would anyone need this for 200$, especially since streaming games is far from reliable
My phone doesn't have an 8" screen or built-in DualSense controllers, so there is that :) Also this isn't cloud streaming but streaming from your own local PS5 directly to it.
Playing PS5 games on a screen thats only an inch or 2 bigger than your phone with Dualsense controllers is not worth 200$. Also, if using an 8 inch screen means that much to you, you could easily get a 50$ 8 inch tablet that can use PS5 remote play and do SO MUCH MORE than just remote play PS5 games. Also, you could easily connect PS5 controller to phone/tablet via bluetooth or get another phone controller for much cheaper than the PS Portal.
The portal is a handheld. The dualsense can't snap into the phone or tablet. Backbone is $100 but that doesn't come with a screen or have haptic feedback, touchpad and adaptive triggers. It also can't snap into your tablet . I know you can probably get cheaper for remote play but there are also many ps5 controllers that are cheaper than the dualsense but most people would still buy the dualsense.
What you say is all true, but why is that use case something that is worth 200 bucks. Just wondering, because is your TV so inaccessible that you find yourself using this device more than playing on your TV or is it just having the option.
I have a 55 inch sony TV in my room but I might buy the portal just to play it in the backyard or while watching Netflix
I feel like people like me are the target audience: one (relatively nice I might say!) 65" 4K TV in the house, but two kids, so I barely get to use it myself until they are asleep. It's why my Switch sometimes gets played more than my PS5, despite me not being a huge Nintendo guy lol
