Coming November 15.
Pre-orders are open at http://direct.playstation.com
Play PS5 games over home wifi?
Yeah, I can already do that… It’s called “Remote Play”.
https://remoteplay.dl.playstation.net/remoteplay/lang/en/
Busted my achilles tendon, got stuck in bed, being able to play PS5 and Xbox Series X games remotely on my Steam Deck was a lifesaver!
Sure, but if you don’t own a steam deck already, and you only have a PS5, this will be less expensive.
And 2x the price of a good Samsung tablet that can also do remote play. Plus more functionality.
I do this on my Deck too, but… Playing PS5 games on a 720p screen just feels wrong. I love emulating older games and playing a lot of PC games that aren’t as visually intensive on the Deck. But things like Horizon Zero Dawn or even Monster Hunter World feel pretty heavily compromised.
If the Logitech G Cloud was $200 I’d be strongly considering it. I’ve seen some leaks that this Portal might run Android, or be able to. Of that’s the case, this will be a better, cheaper version of the G Cloud. I have a gaming desktop, so having that be my main streaming device woukd be tempting.
sure, you can. the only way i can is with a tablet which isn’t a great solution. So yeah, big shock, if you have steam deck you don’t need this.
Funny thing is, if this would’ve been a follow up to the Vita, we would’ve seen the same statements. ‘My steamdeck is more powerful and can play more games lol why do I need this?’. On top it would’ve been more expensive.
Plus the pricing would’ve been a tough pill. The cheap steam deck is 420€, the ‘good’ variant with 256gb is 550€ already. You can buy a ps5 disk version at this price already. Paying something around this for a super specced down ps5 with awful battery life? Who wants that.
On top, people are forgetting Nintendo’s absolute dominance on the handheld market. Most people that are interested in handheld gaming, own a switch. Those who want more performance or emulation on top, got a steam deck already. This device would fill such a niche spot for, again, probably only a bit cheaper than a PS5.
The remote player, for 200€? I can easily afford as addition to my switch for playing games at home, and wherever I want (because I only game in places I have WiFi anyways), with much better quality (1080p60!) while still having good battery life! They say they aim for Dualsense battery life, which people argue is bad, but it’s still like 2 times that of my switch… if they actually achieve that, that’d be insane.
No Bluetooth? Only gives you awful delay tho, someone please try on their phone with remote play and then be quiet for heavens sake. Also never wanted to use headphones on my switch. And if, there’s even a headphone jack? Anyways, the launch date trailers got lots of likes with barely complaints. I think this is just a weird random outcry again
