Love my Portal. I was shocked. My initial impression at the reveal, was “This is horse poop! Why not make a dedicated handheld.” But then I thought about how much I tried remote play on my phone (too small), and iPad (too awkward to use in bed or couch). So I bought the Portal and now I’m finding I’m putting way more time into my PS5 gaming.

I prefer playing in handheld if given the option. This device has been perfect for me. I got the Platinum in Spider-Man 2 on it and am currently replaying GoW: Ragnarok. I cannot believe how good it looks.

Awesome video man! I figured out that you can use KZfaq and even sign in on your Portal, but it has to be through your PS5's browser. Unfortunately though, you can't watch videos in full screen and it will be maxed out at 1080p (obviously). It's still cool that it works at least.

During the weekdays after work and the gym I have no energy to sit up and play on my TV so this has been a game changer for me so far ..

The main reason I won’t be getting one is my main use of my current handheld is doctor appointment, and the hospitals have Wi-Fi that needs to be verified by connecting to a browser and putting in a login and password problem though the Portal doesn’t have a browser so it can’t connect to a hot spot like that which is a very common setup for hospitals, schools and businesses. Since it has no native games such as a Switch does if you are in a situation where it can’t connect it becomes useless. I do realize for others it might serve their needs.

Been playing the portal in Tampa while my PS5 is in Orlando using my phone’s hotspot and even playing like that it’s been smooth so this is definitely what I wanted…once I’m back home gameplay is even better and so smooth with no lag using my WiFi at 500 download and 20 upload speeds and my PS5 wired which I think is key to have a solid no lag connection.

You also can’t remote play any media while using your phone or tablet as an FYI.

I wish it did work like a Wii U. All I want is a zero latency way to play my PS5 off-TV, a la Wii U. I don’t know why 11 years later and no one has figured out how to do what Nintendo did.

C'mon guy's, we gotta admit, the only time we really need this is when we go to the bathroom...

The portal is cool, but with the steam deck oled out I personally think gamers are better off spending the extra money to get that. You have a majority of your steam library, you can emulate basically every console prior to the ps4 and any games that don’t run on steam deck there’s geforce now or playstation remote play.

Yeah.. nah. I’d rather just buy a Backbone controller for my phone and stream my Series X or PS5, using whatever headphones I like.

I’ve enjoyed my time with my portal so far. Like he’s mentioned a few moments here and there where the stream gets a bit fuzzy and frame drops or what not. It was one night I played 2K, MW3, and Madden back to back. Played until I got the low battery indicator. Always been a fan of remote play and have used the backbone controller with my phone to take advantage of remote play I’ve never been a fan of the having to remove my case to use the backbone(they’ve now fixed this). Depending on my schedule it’s just easier to handheld play my games. The portal isn’t for everyone and that’s cool but I’m glad Sony came out with a dedicated device. Hopefully they can build on this in the future.

It's amazing that it's out of stock everywhere unless your willing to give scalpers double the RRP on reselling sites.

I've been using it alot over the weekend and it's got some lil glitches here and there but overall I've very much happy with my purchase

Living in a shared household the internet tanks like crazy, even with a booster, I’m just going to wait until the upgrades and updates come so you can rely on better connections overall

Great video. Very informative

I’ve just picked one of these up for myself and I’m loving it. The screen looks gorgeous and I’m finding it works flawlessly in and around my home which is the only place I’ll be using it. I’m just using my normal isp router but it has gigabit fibre 👌

“Long play times of 2 hours or more” this was the point I realised how much of a hardcore gamer I am because I can’t remember a time i played for less than 4 hours and that’s a super light session 😂

I’ll wait for a Bluetooth version, if that never happens then oh well

I’ve been playing my Portal all day. I love it! I’ve been playing Star Ocean The Second Story R and it’s been running great.

Hopefully, the Portal evolves into a stand-alone dedicated device for all things Playstation.

Not sure I can believe this after seeing WulffDen's review. Seems pretty garbage in all conditions.

I’d consider it but I finally got Chiaki running flawlessly on my Steam Deck after a lot of tweaking.

Was waiting to see your review on this!

portal doesn’t have a built in browser so if you are connecting to public networks with a sign in screen good luck. Most people are better off just doing remote play on their phones or getting a steam deck now that they are cheaper.

I mean, the screen and controller help DRASTICALLY with people who are just in the Sony ecosystem. The biggest issue with remote play devices is the comfort...and the dual sense is imo the best controller to come out this generation. Yes the steam deck OLED can be played offline but i simply do not play games on PC except the insanely rare indie and emulation moments... Portal is for those PS5 only ecosystem players, also being able to grind for trophies/grind for levels in RPG/Combo practicing in Street Fighter and the occasional shooter make this well worth the price as you can do it in complete comfort. If you play multiplatform? get the steam deck OLED..if you're primarily a Sony player? buy the portal..no brainer.

This is still a cloud streaming system. If you have a bad internet connection in either locations, then you are out of luck or if you are at a shuttle hotel, etc

It's great, I'm actually chipping away at my backlog now too as i can play for an hour or two in bed every other morning.

Sony is out here literally making the proverbial saying "It's like selling water to a whale!" a true testament

Ive playing this thing nonstop since i got it. Its so easy and quick to just pick up and start playing for hours. This coming from a person with a dedicated gameroom

I am winning games of Texas Chainsaw with the portal and that’s all that matters. It works really well and I have terrible internet. And somehow it looks better than one of the 4K tvs in my house. The screen is beautiful

Well said bro great content

I am loving the portal so far for the purpose of what i got it for, whenever the kids or wife use my living room tv i just hop on the portal and it has performed flawless for me. The remote play on the portal is significantly better than on a phone or other smart device, that shit sucks, the portal is almost a direct connection to your console in remote play.

Great overview, now I just have to wait for a restock on Very

It comes off as a rebellion against handhelds.. I can see what they’re going for a way to put 110% into one line and still have it portable too so they don’t have to split their resources.. It’s understandable.. Maybe it is the beginning of the wave of the future..

My portal is working just perfect. I own multiple ps5 and each ps5 has different games in them so being able to decide which ps5 I want to play is awesome And the graphics are freaking nice.

It works for me honestly. I have kids and it’s nice to be able to play my ps5 while they are watching what they want. I feel like this definitely wasn’t made for everyone.

Technically you still have to have your Playstation on in some shape or fashion in order for the portal to be in use so you might as well say the portal needs to connect to Playstation to use it

Great review. I love it. We have one main tv and so this gives me a chance to game on PS5 while my wife is using the tv. I use the Spectrum wifi router and it works great. This cheaper than any other handheld gaming device, i.e. Switch, Steam Deck, etc. Also there is no need to buy games for the system since you are using your PS5 library of games and Playstation Plus.

I might be an outlier here but while I think it’s a good device that does what it’s supposed to. Given the parameters for it I just kind of don’t feel it’s worth $200. I think it’s good for what it is though

I've been doing remote play on my phone for years. From my experience, remote play is best for any visual novels like Ace Attorney series or turn base RPG like FF7, 8, 9, or Persona 5. I don't have good wifi at home so I never bother to play action game on it. But I bet that screen is a huge upgrade from playing on my phone.

I went to my buddies house about an hour away. I connected to his wifi and the portal worked with no problem. I didn't even get a weak signal indication or anything. A big win for me💯

Good edited video, my thing is with game pass you can do this with a phone, Xbox controller and good Wi-Fi outside of home for under $20

7 hours is GREAT! I waiting to hear 3 to 4 hours. Wow.

I been playing that new persona game on my portal. It nice playing while laying down and I don’t need to wear my glasses. Saved data say 6 hours

I noticed the image looks smeared or blurry even with great internet. Mainly during fast moving games. Wish they had a Bitrate setting to up the settings for quality

Just a quik question something random . Just say u took ur portal out and it got nicked can tht person have access to ur main account threw the portal and could they steal ur accont as well

I got my portal last night and I absolutely love it its so dope I am so happy with it😊❤

I have the PlayStation edge controller and the case has a open hole to charge your controller. More need to have that

hoping Kevin can answer this. Im ethernet hardwired on my PS5. I have about 1.5gb upload and download but when I check my connection on PS5 it says my upload is 500 and my download is a measly 20mps. Granted i have no issues so far with the Portal although i wonder why my PS5 is the only device showing my speeds like this, I heard this is a common PS5 issue and that those are not the real speeds but im not sure, maybe you can answer. Also i hear unplugging the HDMI when playing the portal helps, have you tried that?

Kevin!! Really need to know where you got that slime ps5 faceplate. It’s so sick!!

Question does it make a a difference playing a disc vs digitally downloaded game on portal ?

I wonder if they will do a way of wifi direct with the ps5. As almost all mordern tech have that build in now

Could you hook up your duel sense edge to your PS5 and still control it through the portal? Be nice to not have to abandon my controller lol

At first I wasn't thinking about getting a Playstation Portal. But I really want to now!

This is actually very good! Yes, Remote Play has lag, but I genuinely don't see how else you can have a "portable PS5" unless the PS5 was made like the Switch, a handheld that happens to connect to an HDMI and that would hokd back the capacity of the console! So yeah, well done Sony! :),

Oh yeah if you have sony pulse headphones you can use them for audio on the portal too so you can have wireless headphones 😊

Trophy hunting gonna be fun

Can I know where's the tab button pad for the portable and also does it support gyro? cause my steam deck can literally do it all to be honest.

Adding some kind of improved near-location casting, like WiiU, including an actual case, Bluetooh audio, better speakers, an OLED screen, letting it run some basic video streaming apps and the like, Sony could have done more to justify the cost, or even increase it. But even a positive review is a hard sell for what it does, and more importantly doesn’t, do.

They did say that probably capable of just streaming games not from your ps5. But that they concentrating on remote play only for now.

I’m vaguely interested in this, but I already own a backbone. Is this worth upgrading too?

Enjoying mine very muchly ! 😊

In my situation I have the ps remote play on my phone I try it then it didn’t work because of the screen size then I also have it on my Samsung tablet but the connection was interrupted now I first wanted the portal should I get it of the problem I have on my phone and my tablet?

Can anyone answer a question? Only place I've been able to test it outside my apartment is my parents place. Was fine after the initial set up. But the next couple times I went over the ONLY way it would work was if I forgot the network and manually reconnected it even thoigh it was saved

Can you use this as a regular controller if you wanted to? If not, they really dropped the ball

So, you can also connect it by hotspot from your phone right

Why record yourself playing while walking around outside? That will not be the typical/ideal way to play

When the Pulse Elite and Explorer were announced with the portal. I thought the PlayStation portal was Sony's new stupid idea and I didn't consider it after a while seeing sky high prices on eBay. I definitely pulled the trigger and got one at MSRP in my local Best Buy. I picked it up yesterday morning played last night and so far. I've got a great harmonious experience. The gameplay has been amazing I get to play in my bed. And if I have my mother's friends visiting or family and they're all in the living room taking over the TV. I can also play it in my mom's room so far. I have enjoyed my PlayStation portal. Just keep in mind. This is not a standalone device that offers you stand alone gameplay. You do require a decently strong internet connection to play your games and you'll be able to play every single game of your digital library. And that one disc you left inside your PlayStation 5. If you have the disc version do I recommend it? Yes, I do if you understand thoroughly what the PlayStation portal is and what it does and no if your intentions are to do portable gaming everywhere, then I'd recommend you any of the portable gaming PCs out there like the one made by Valve and Asus including Lenovo or just pick up a Nintendo switch

I ordered mine because the backbone just hurts my hands and I hope this feels better and have a bigger screen then my phone

This is perfect for over the road truck drivers

The WI-FI requirement is the deal breaker here. 🥾💥 =PS Prortable

I would've totally buy it if it had an OLED screen and BT headphone support... not talking about spending another 100-150$ for their headsets >.

I regret buying it after only 30 mins playing, lag, graphic dropped, sometimes disconnect (1000Mbps speedtest)..its playable but very annoying at the same time when at crucial time it decide to lag for 1-3sec

Yea ❤ my portal too... I know I could do it before but it's just so much easier

Had mine a couple of days. Think it’s really enjoyable and nice to use. My only concern is what happens if/when it gets stick drift? 😢

What if the joysticks start drifting? can you replace them?

i wish you did a little more research on the portal being used in another router and ps5 being in a different location. at the moment there are a lot of people having problems that doesn’t let them connect. i guess this is different from ps5 (router) and portal (cel data)

The Playstation Portal would be awesome, if it was released back in late 90s or early 2000. Since technology in that time frame was not multi-purpose use and just one dedicated device Printing, scanning, faxing and photocopying were all separate products in 80s and 90s. Now they all in one products with wireless connect technology capabilities. Don't get wrong Playstation portal doesn't need to be all-one product, but could had use some more innovation. Some examples, 1)New Playstation 5 Slim with Wifi 6 technology included aswell with new release of Playstation portal. No internet required to play inside the home (connect wifi6). 2)Micro SD card expansion for retro gaming download service of top 25, PSP ,PS1,and PS2 (offline play). 3) A Real Offline portable device and with some features that work without needing internet to function.

Have you tried turning off HDCP for the game streaming? 🤔🤔

I would really like to see an in-depth video between the Steam Deck OLED and the portal.

When sony ask for £200... you or shall i say i expect, it close to being perfect. The online delay and slow input is a big put off for me. I pre ordered it... had a week to test out.. and ive sold it for a little profit... so i cant complain.

If it could use other streaming services then I think it would be a must buy, especially at its current price point. As it is though I think for most people something like the Logitech G Cloud would be a better choice as not only can it stream from your PS5 console but from PSN Premium, Microsoft's XCloud, from your PC. Not to mention the G Cloud is also a capable Android tablet. The G Cloud might cost more than the Portal but with all the extra stuff it can do, I think it's probably better value.

Can’t use your own wireless earbuds, no web browser meaning public wifi is out. “Play has no limits.” 😂

Imagine if they utilised the USB C port to plug in a Sony 5G game drive add on with on board game storage for true portability. 😁

What game is he playing at 4:12, the 2.5 looking game?

People need to stop complaining about wanting it to be handled. You people hated vita, enjoy your remote play.

Naw Sony dropped the ball should've waited and made new PSP with RDNA 4 🙄

Where you get that ps5 faceplate from ?

I saw some 3rd party plates for the PS5 Slim on Amazon with no reviews and only 1 seller, can these be trusted or should I wait for Sony to release official ones if I want a different color?

A year ago, I used Remote Play on an iPad while on vacation at my mom’s house and I found that I had to plug my iPad into the router with an Ethernet cable in order to get the best connection. This year, I bought a Nintendo Switch. I doubt that the Portal would work for my needs.

1 question… can i play games on it while my PS5 is in restmode?

Don’t you guys have phones?

can you play online game modes (fortnite, Moderrn warfare, fifa etc?)? or is it only for single player modes?

I love my portal. Have been giving me the opportunity to continue to play my system when not in my room or home. I have not had any real issue. Sony gains nothing by making a stand alone handheld, in fact they lose. All it will do was take away ps5 potential customers. It will bring out the same games for both systems which just becomes more work and not that much of a gain. That’s why Nintendo did what they did by making their home entertainment system also portal. To not lose customers one way or the other.

Look forward to picking one up eventually. Im a big remote play fan

I bought one and i have 150 mpbs download and the connection is constantly blurry or even dropping. I dont have this problem with my ps5 and xbox where neither are wired in. Literally you need a stable fiber connection for this to be useful. Disappointed with it honestly

The first game I’d try with Portal is Portal.

Well said, in the end, it really is a kinda niche product, but it fits that niche so well.

So they finally finished remote play capabilities of the Vita? 😂 This stuff was in the ads for the Vita too