No, they are NOT.
The portal doesn’t natively play anything, it’s a dedicated Remote Play device, the only native software on it is the Remote Play client.
They are supporting the PS5, and selling a PS5 controller with a screen in it.
PlayStation Portal sells out in two days as resellers swoop in.
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The portal doesn’t natively play anything, it’s a dedicated Remote Play device, the only native software on it is the Remote Play client.
They are supporting the PS5, and selling a PS5 controller with a screen in it.
Sony knows exactly who they selling this to, how many of them are out there willing to buy a Portal and how much they willing to pay for it.
Sony did not just wake up one day and said lets do this, they sat down for years looking at data and surveying folks before they made and ship the Portal.
This is what good management looks like.
Sony did not just wake up one day and said lets do this, they sat down for years looking at data and surveying folks before they made and ship the Portal.
This is what good management looks like.
It never ceases to amaze me how many gamers seem to think Sony is a bumbling mess of a company, rather than the efficient, smart company they really are.
Another way people misattribute Microsoft traits and behaviour to Sony, I suppose.
What you have said is true. It is a remote play device. I also think if Sony is able to manufacture this device and charge you 200 for it then I believe they can make a true portable device.
There's time for that once the Microsoft threat has been vanquished. 2027 MS. 2030 Nintendo. They already pushed Nintendo out of home consoles.
They gave up too quickly on the Vita, and that's why they should never do another dedicated portable again. Even on PSP, which was excellent and successful, Sony didn't put Santa Monica and Naughty Dog on portable games. Vita launched with an original Uncharted and couldn't get traction. Switch is successful because Nintendo gave up on consoles to get behind it 100%.
I don’t think Microsoft is going anywhere unfortuneately lol. Nintendo can if they slip up or the bigger big tech companies start making game consoles.
That had been my impression of what happened. As a business it would be a smarter move to just take The loss before it costs you too much money. And yes nintendo likely didn’t have the money to do two consoles at once after their loss with the wiiu lol. I also may be in a minority here but if the nest PlayStation was a portable like the switch is then Nintendo would have to come up with a different gimmick to sell their products.
Which is why no sane person should go over to reddit and reset era. Those places are full of arm chair CEO'S
I’m just glad the handheld hopium is just that… No way in hell do i want to see Sony split their resources in half to develop for a lower spec machine. That’s a great way to fuck up development pipelines further.
Nintendo surrendered in the home console space to focus on developing for handheld and developing for a single machine is better for all their studios.
This is the same idea as the Wii U tablet. It has a place in single tv households for sure. I never doubted it. It’s a better product with more useful applications than vr2 and its shovelware. Then again… that’s dead and we will most likely not see numbers reported for that flop again.
Would prefer if it wasn’t Wi-Fi but I read it allows you to steam over Wi-Fi like vita did. I knew like one person who used that… seemed neat.
A handheld? Maybe if it was a straight up portable ps4 that just played your entire ps4 catalog and milked cross gen or something.
Nintendo surrendered in the home console space to focus on developing for handheld and developing for a single machine is better for all their studios.
This is the same idea as the Wii U tablet. It has a place in single tv households for sure. I never doubted it. It’s a better product with more useful applications than vr2 and its shovelware. Then again… that’s dead and we will most likely not see numbers reported for that flop again.
Would prefer if it wasn’t Wi-Fi but I read it allows you to steam over Wi-Fi like vita did. I knew like one person who used that… seemed neat.
A handheld? Maybe if it was a straight up portable ps4 that just played your entire ps4 catalog and milked cross gen or something.
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Well, no luck with a Portal today, but my 1000X-W5 wireless earbuds arrived.
All I can say is this: Holy. Fucking. Shitballs.
All I can say is this: Holy. Fucking. Shitballs.
@Welfare this is what real supply constraints look like
ebay scalpers immediately, can't believe some of the prices i'm seeing
ebay scalpers immediately, can't believe some of the prices i'm seeing
They CAN make a nuclear submarine, but just like a dedicated handheld, it would take up resources better and more profitably used elsewhere, and just like a new dedicated handheld system, anyone saying they should do so is an idiot.
The Vita was killed early because developers didn’t have the resources to support the PS4 and the Vita at the same time. If Sony was dumb enough to make a new handheld things would be the same again.
I think the only way a handheld device can be successful if Sony decided to make AA games for both handheld and ps5 without making it exclusive to handheld device only and the games should be made towards Japanese audience.
No they wouldn't be the same, Jesus Christ.
Sony releasing a PS Portable in today's market climate (read: all needed buttons, local storage, PS+ streaming and remote play, no separate library it plays ps4 games/ps5 games either natively or streaming/remote play for ps5), would probably sell more than most competitors. It's our PS libraries we trying to take portable (more portable than Portal), not rebuy on steam or migrate over to steam first customer.
Steam Deck sells cause it just uses PC ports, no one's making "Deck games". Sony are the ones with the console market share, active playerbase market ratio, and people's digital PS3 purchases held hostage, and a slow BC trickle onto the new PS+ streaming, but if they just did it, they'd reap the most rewards than most. They'd fend off competitors in the handheld space and keep rolling along on the console front.
It's extra pointless to do this when you can play AAA Playstation games on a Steam Deck. Who would a dedicated portable be for? People who really want to play a AA Horizon spin-off by Lucid Games?
@Gods&Monsters
What is with the knock thread. Can you summary for me since I don't want to click on that clickbait thread
I think somethinf may have to do revenues after ABK but not so sure.
What is with the knock thread. Can you summary for me since I don't want to click on that clickbait thread
I think somethinf may have to do revenues after ABK but not so sure.
Are you talking about the other thread about Sony being in third place? It's about this tweet from Jez Corden.
You can click on it, Jez won't see your username
Are you talking about the other thread about Sony being in third place? It's about this tweet from Jez Corden.
You can click on it, Jez won't see your username
jez gets monetized for his twitter impressions, don't even give him that