As a reminder, the PlayStation Portal, or Project Q, is (according to leaks) based on Android. It doesn’t run the games itself, it merely streams them from your PS5 and your handheld then serves as a controller with its own display.
I’m wondering why anyone would prefer that over simply using a regular Android phone with a good controller and the PS Remote Play app?
Let’s not forget that this piece of e-waste doesn’t even have Bluetooth support and you have to buy a proprietary set of headphones or earbuds that cost as much as the piece e-waste.
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There are low latency codex for BT that work well and if you’re streaming anyways, audio latency is the least of your concerns, like you’ve stated.
I just think that creating a “portable gaming handheld” without the option for Bluetooth is a crappy decision to not give gamers the option. The steam deck offers it, the variants offer it, hell even the switch offers it now.
I also think it’s even a worse slap in the face for PlayStation fans with Sony’s decision to make it so it’s not compatible with it’s current wireless PS5 headset and instead making their fans buy another set of headphones that cost nearly as much as their dumb terminal.
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I’m wondering why anyone would prefer that over simply using a regular Android phone with a good controller and the PS Remote Play app?
To expand on this, if you already have an android phone and any console controller with a usb port on it, you can just order a phone mount for the controller and a cheap adapter cable. Then you have PS remote play, xbox’s game streaming, moonlight PC streaming, steam streaming, any emulator that runs on android (most halfway recent phones can do all consoles pre-ps2, and higher grade phones can even do some PS2 and Switch games), a good bunch of sourceports of old games to android, and a decent handful of android games that have controller support.
That’s far more functionality for far cheaper. Been enough to satisfy my desires for a steam deck too, as I only miss out on PC games when I’m traveling, and there’s plenty to emulate to keep me busy.
Really confused at who at Sony sees any profit potential here, unless they’re just doing this to burn through really old android phone cpus and screens they have a surplus of.
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Can’t you get a happy medium with a split, side mounted controller for your phone then? Would be cheaper than the steam deck, but better for ergonomics than a phone clip to a regular controller.
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Yeah there’s a lot of give and take I suppose. There’s also an advantage to the split controller attachment model in that it’s more portable than a giant honking Steam deck tho I suppose.
I don’t really see the point of this thing, the steam deck would be a better investment. If this was in some way a stepping stone to a dedicated handheld then awesome, but give me the dedicated handheld.
If this was PS5/PS4 streaming but with the ability to play PS3/2/1 games locally, it would kill for $200. And they wouldn’t fracture the PS5 development base, which they are obviously afraid of doing.
Hell, even some modern indie games that don’t use the full PS5 horsepower could have potentially make a PSPortal version for on-the-go gaming.
They got rid of the vita for this?!
Should have been called the PSPiiU.
Should just be called POS
This gets a huge meh from me. It’s a wannabe switch/steam deck that’s basically good enough in most cases for someone that will likely be in front of their ps5 to use it effectively anyway, given that most homes don’t have adequate wifi coverage for high throughput. And relying on home internet upload speeds it a whole other caveat. Still relies on a cloud service, so once Sony decides to shut that down then it’s 100% e-waste.
No thanks.
Forgetting the key feature, it must be on the same Wi-Fi network as your ps5 in order to stream your games
Edit: I see that I’m mistaken, this was info from when it was first announced, must have been changed since then
In the video it’s stated it can be on any wifi network. Since he was sitting at PlayStation HQ, getting official info directly from Sony, I’m gonna go with what he said.
This. And when Sony shuts down that service that makes this work one day, it’s a brick.
Where do you see this?
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Bigger screen than a regular android phone. Especially because your 6" 21:9 phone means a 16:9 picture on it will only take up ~5".
Also better controller. Those mounts for a phone on a regular Xbox/Playstation controller always make it too top-heavy since your phone has to be on top of the controller. And I love the idea of a full-sized controller over a Switch or even Steam Deck’s tiny buttons that just aren’t comfortable.
I’d probably only be interested if it lets you run actual Android stuff though. Have you seen the Logitech G Cloud gaming handheld? That one’s even more expensive, but it does run local games too.
why anyone would prefer that over simply using a regular Android phone with a good controller
I always think this is funny because that sums up /r/sbcgaming
It’s be nice if they didn’t choose to go with Android
Why?
It’s not the right choice for purpose built handhelds or performance sensitive devices like this. You’ll end up with a half baked android skin and terrible latency issues. If you want to make a good product, you’re much better off building you’re own OS on top of Linux. The remarkable tablets are living proof of this
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Yes I know what Android is lol. My point is that Android is too bloated for purpose built product like this. Your better off doing it yourself and building only what need.
Well, I’m sure it’s good enough by the time they slap their own drivers in there. It’s just streaming. I’d imagine literal wifi being the bigger culprit of any slowness. And android is already there so it’s easier to build off that than make your own thing, especially when it’s doomed to fail anyway 😂
It’s a lot easier to build a bespoke OS than you think! Sony could definitely do it if they cared enough. It’s just one of many reasons it’s doomed to fail lol
