Did anyone else get their Playstation Portal? I’m having issues with couch seating and my natural grip position. The grip is fine, but the screen angle points upward too much, resulting in glare from whatever is behind and above me (a window, no less). I can change my grip to angle the screen downward towards me, but it’s really uncomfortable. Things are better if I sit straight up and hold the Portal lower.
But I’m a a creature of comfort and I’m going to be sitting chill on the couch using this thing. I honestly don’t understand how this is even a problem; I never even thought about this ever with my Switch or Steam Deck. Did Playstation not, like, survey a bunch of 30-50 year olds who are probably gonna kick back on a couch to use this thing?
Update: I changed my grip a bit and it helped! Also, holding it upright closer to my face feels okay, too. Lost track of time and my hand wasn’t in any discomfort after a few hours, trying various games in different genres.
Nope, fine for me, but I don’t have any lights behind where I sit with it usually, super comfortable. I think this might be a problem hyper localised to your very specific situation :)
Yea, it’ll probably be fine in the long run or at night when I’m likely to use it. Gotta finish Baldur’s Gate 3.
I tend to hold the controller with the grips resting at the base of my fingers where they meet my palms, rather than in my palms. Although the curves fit my palms nicely, holding it like that makes my thumbs overhang the thumbsticks such that I need to move them with my thumb joint rather than the thumb tip…if that all makes sense.
When I hold my portal like I hold a regular controller the screen faces me dead on, but when I hold it such that it fills out my palms then it tilts up slightly. That might be your issue I think.
I also tend to hold it up to my face with bent arms while I recline, rather than sitting upright with it in my lap and looking down. I find if I don’t hold it up I get a kink in my neck. I haven’t had the Portal very long (obviously) but this is also my experience with my steam deck.
Maybe when you recline you could place a pillow in your lap to lift your arms more to get a better angle while maintaining max comfort.
Wow, that actually helps a lot, thanks for the tips. Holding it like you described helps a lot. I can tell this is more like I hold my Steam Deck (a looser grip, especially with the thumbsticks being higher on the Deck).
Works fine for me (see my post), but I usually play lying on my back.
