Project Q is the upcoming streaming only device that will allow you to play games installed on a PlayStation 5 remotely.
It has not been announced if the handheld will allow streaming of games from the cloud and is rumoured to cost between £250 - £300.
Will you be picking one up later this year?
Probably not, but I think if people could get it to work with PC for game streaming, it’d be even more enticing so that you can use it for both PS5 and PC. Maybe someone like Valve will work with Sony.
Can’t the Steam Deck do that with the remote play app for Windows? Plus it’s also a gaming PC. I’m considering picking one up instead of a Project Q.
Chiaki is the one they use and I think it works on Linux. Streaming (even locally) kind of sucks so I don’t use it, but I see it mentioned all the time.
I could see choosing this over the steam deck if it was like $100, but if it’s $300 I don’t see how you don’t get to $400 for the Steam Deck instead. You’ll probably want to add storage eventually, but even if you stuck to small indie/2D stuff that will fit in 64GB, that adds a huge amount of value.
It was recently on sale for $359 too and all models can have the storage upgraded, so I think the cheapest option is the best one to get and picking up a 512TB or 1TB drive to upgrade it.
Yeah, pretty much. SteamDeck can basically do whatever any PC can do.
I’m trying to think what would make Project Q more enticing than it being just a device that’s locked to PS5 only, lol. If Sony released PC software for streaming to it, it would up the appeal quite a bit.
I already have a SteamDeck and stream to a phone, so I’m not in for a Project Q but I can think of some friends who’d probably get one of it had functionality outside of only the PS5.
Even phones can do easily with Steam and then just get a controller and a controller mount. For the price that is being asked of project q and not even being able to play games natively the phone and controller route is way I’d go instead dropping money on that. Way too much with the options available now with handhelds that are full blown computers.
Oh, I agree. I do this with a phone, clip, and Xbox controller already. I just think hearing it could have other uses outside of just the PS5 would be good for sales – but I’m thinking that won’t be a feature and it’ll require some ingenuity to make it work for other host devices.
Given that the Deck can run games like Last of Us and Spider-Man I wonder why at the price Sony is asking they aren’t just going into a fully portable PS5 handheld. Switch and Deck has shown handhelds are one area where people are way more forgiving of low resolution and performance. If Sony priced the device like $100 more and with how parts in pc handhelds now are better than what the deck came with they could put out something nice.
With the way remote play works atm no chance. Seems the tech is not there yet for play without massive input lag and latency
Which is a shame as it doesn’t need to be that way. Remote play from my PS4 Pro to my Vita is almost perfect. I don’t think I’ve played Fall Guys on my PS5 for months. It’s like it’s made for the Vita. Plus the OLED screen is gorgeous.
I feel like Sony should do a Xbox series S type of move but with a handheld that can play all the PS5 games instead at lowered graphics. At least that’s what I’d want. Switch has shown people are more than fine with even 480p resolution and sub 30 fps and low settings when it comes to portability.
I’ll take lower resolution any day if it means I can play AAA games on the toilet.
No. Lack of money. Otherwise I’d get SteamDeck instead anyway.
Last playstation console i bought was a ps2. I missed some awsome exclusives, but dont think ill get one. For no particular reason either.
