games that are streamed through PlayStation Plus Premium’s cloud streaming, are not supported
A bit of a let down. Not even their cloud gaming service is supported.
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WTF? This is worst than I anticipated, because cloud streaming was meh, but this? Are they serious? Who’s going to buy it? Honestly this is so lame, I’m speechless…
So it isn’t even a real handheld, then? Seems like it’s just a thing for people who can’t put a game down long enough to take a shit, and can afford a PS5, but not therapy.
They’ll be targeting ibs sufferers in their marketing.
If you at for the sub they should let you play those games on the new device. It’s otherwise $200 to do nothing unless you get the console.
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I found that Steam Link didn’t work very well over wifi, hopefully this does something different. Still, $199.99 to play your existing PS5 on a smaller screen seems like a lot to ask.
I’ve always had a good experience over WiFi. You might just need a better AP or less interference
So it’s aimed at people that already own a console attached to their TV, but want to play it as a handheld, and can’t take it out of the house to keep playing?
But I thought the Wii U sold poorly. Why would they make another one?
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I don’t doubt there’s a market for this, I just wish for $200 it had more use cases than just “PS5 controller with a screen”. I have a Steam Deck with Chiaki4deck installed for this and while it does cost 2x, it’s a proper gaming machine and a computer.
I wonder what the internals are, and if it’s moddable.
games that are streamed through PlayStation Plus Premium’s cloud streaming, are not supported.
Would have been cool if they figured out a way to stream those games directly to the Portal.
EDIT: Looks like it runs Android, with Google’s services removed. https://androiddev.social/@MishaalRahman/110939834517107216. Wasn’t aware that there were leaks that confirmed this.
I am pretty sure they know how to get proper cloud streaming going. Even the Vita has it. But why would they? So some people who don’t own a PS5 get this thing and then don’t buy more games and just stream their PS plus games? I can’t imagine they would make much money that way!
Isn’t every company making most of their money off their subscription services anyway? Why do they care if I buy a PS5 or not, they literally lose over $50 every time they sell a console. Maybe I am just weird, but I have a PS subscription and have only bought two games… COD for my wife and GTA.
If anything, the smartest play would to require an extra subscription for the device to stream.
No cloud service is strange. Makes this seem like an entirely outdated project.
It’s… Okay. Some may find a use but it’s still extraneous to most people. If it had something unique I could understand it.
