WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.035 --> 00:00:02.685 - With all of the handheld gaming devices popping up like 2 00:00:02.685 --> 00:00:06.265 the steam deck, oled, Lenovo Legion Go I O'Neill slide, 3 00:00:06.265 --> 00:00:08.085 and the ROG ally. 4 00:00:08.085 --> 00:00:11.185 I wouldn't blame you if you first saw the PlayStation portal 5 00:00:11.185 --> 00:00:14.825 and thought to yourself, whoa, did Sony just make a new PSP? 6 00:00:14.825 --> 00:00:17.125 If you were expecting a spiritual successor 7 00:00:17.125 --> 00:00:20.025 to the PlayStation portable, I'd hate the Burser bubble, 8 00:00:20.025 --> 00:00:23.915 but the PlayStation portal is a remote play only device. 9 00:00:23.915 --> 00:00:25.445 This means that nothing is actually 10 00:00:25.445 --> 00:00:27.545 installed on the device itself. 11 00:00:27.545 --> 00:00:30.125 You have to own and install the games on your PSS 12 00:00:30.125 --> 00:00:32.145 five First things first. 13 00:00:32.145 --> 00:00:34.085 The PlayStation portal is a great 14 00:00:34.085 --> 00:00:35.945 looking and feeling device. 15 00:00:35.945 --> 00:00:38.625 It has a nice slim form factor to it, 16 00:00:38.625 --> 00:00:40.395 and it feels really comfy in your hands. 17 00:00:40.395 --> 00:00:43.515 This thing has a sizable eight inch LCD touchscreen 18 00:00:43.515 --> 00:00:45.365 that could stream out video at 10 80 p 19 00:00:45.365 --> 00:00:46.865 at 60 frames a second. 20 00:00:46.865 --> 00:00:49.605 The benefit of being a stream only device is 21 00:00:49.605 --> 00:00:51.835 that it weighs a lot less than a steam deck. 22 00:00:51.835 --> 00:00:56.365 It's bright and it does the job though you will miss out on 23 00:00:56.365 --> 00:00:59.785 the visual pizazz you get from playing your PS five on a TV 24 00:00:59.785 --> 00:01:01.635 at four K at 120 hertz. 25 00:01:01.635 --> 00:01:03.985 However, since it is just streaming, 26 00:01:03.985 --> 00:01:06.765 you'll get better battery life than your typical handheld 27 00:01:06.765 --> 00:01:10.345 gaming console with around seven to 10 hours of gameplay. 28 00:01:10.345 --> 00:01:12.405 The way it works is that the portal connects 29 00:01:12.405 --> 00:01:16.025 to your PSS five that's also connected to your wifi network. 30 00:01:16.025 --> 00:01:19.265 It doesn't install games or run games natively, 31 00:01:19.265 --> 00:01:21.685 and the catch is you do have to have your PSS five on 32 00:01:21.685 --> 00:01:23.585 and you do have to be logged into your account. 33 00:01:23.585 --> 00:01:26.585 The wifi here at the Gizmoto office isn't that great, 34 00:01:26.585 --> 00:01:29.925 but the streaming experience on the portal was serviceable. 35 00:01:29.925 --> 00:01:32.705 I could play ghosts of Oshima at a pretty low latency. 36 00:01:32.705 --> 00:01:35.985 As I moved to different parts of the office though, 37 00:01:35.985 --> 00:01:38.865 you could see where the wifi became less than reliable 38 00:01:38.865 --> 00:01:41.625 as the frame rate would take a nose dive occasionally. 39 00:01:41.625 --> 00:01:44.085 Anyway, the portal worked really well on my home. 40 00:01:44.085 --> 00:01:45.845 wifi games like God of War 41 00:01:45.845 --> 00:01:48.235 or the Lasus Part two ran exceptionally well. 42 00:01:48.235 --> 00:01:51.705 Basically, anything that doesn't have a super low latency 43 00:01:51.705 --> 00:01:55.485 or requires a split second reaction ran just fine. 44 00:01:55.485 --> 00:01:58.415 I missed around a few matches of Fortnite and Call of Duty. 45 00:01:58.415 --> 00:02:00.045 While they were my best games, 46 00:02:00.045 --> 00:02:02.155 I could hold my own for the most part. 47 00:02:02.155 --> 00:02:04.025 However, they wouldn't be the primary 48 00:02:04.025 --> 00:02:05.645 way I would play these games. 49 00:02:05.645 --> 00:02:07.165 Anything that requires millisecond 50 00:02:07.165 --> 00:02:09.665 responses, it's not great. 51 00:02:09.665 --> 00:02:11.405 One cool thing you actually can do 52 00:02:11.405 --> 00:02:14.685 with the portal is stream from your home, PlayStation. 53 00:02:14.685 --> 00:02:18.125 Anywhere else I could remote play from my PSS five at home 54 00:02:18.125 --> 00:02:20.865 here in the office in NYC or vice versa. 55 00:02:20.865 --> 00:02:23.055 So the big question you might have is, 56 00:02:23.055 --> 00:02:24.625 who's this thing actually for? 57 00:02:24.625 --> 00:02:27.225 You sort of have to think about the PlayStation portal 58 00:02:27.225 --> 00:02:30.635 as an extension of the PlayStation five. 59 00:02:30.635 --> 00:02:32.845 It's great if you live somewhere where you have 60 00:02:32.845 --> 00:02:35.785 to share a TV or maybe you just wanna find a way to play, 61 00:02:35.785 --> 00:02:38.355 you know, call of Duty in the bedroom or on the deck. 62 00:02:38.355 --> 00:02:40.915 Even though the PlayStation portal is a niche product 63 00:02:40.915 --> 00:02:44.705 that only does one thing streaming PlayStation five games, 64 00:02:44.705 --> 00:02:47.385 it does it well depending on the wifi. 65 00:02:47.385 --> 00:02:50.125 Of course, unless you're an absolute PlayStation diehard, 66 00:02:50.125 --> 00:02:52.445 who needs to be able to play their PSS five no matter 67 00:02:52.445 --> 00:02:54.525 where they are in the house, it might be worth 68 00:02:54.525 --> 00:02:56.385 the $200 investment. 69 00:02:56.385 --> 00:02:58.325 But for everyone else who is expecting sort 70 00:02:58.325 --> 00:02:59.585 of a steam deck light 71 00:02:59.585 --> 00:03:02.045 or PlayStation portable, this isn't for you.