Comment on PlayStation Portal review: impressive hardware but is Remote Play itself good enough?

• Gamoc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No I’m disappointed they didn’t make a worthwhile device. I would’ve loved this if it had some worthwhile additions, but it’s an overpriced screen with a controller attached, useless without your PS5 connected to it wirelessly.

  Even just streaming from PS+/Now would’ve done it for me, but “here’s a way to play games you already own that are installed on the console you already own, but it costs £200 and you could do the same thing with many of the devices you already own, some of which may have an ethernet connection, so they’re better at it” just feels like a waste.

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  • BorgDrone@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Then don’t buy it.

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    • Gamoc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Did you think I was going to?

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  • SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s just a $200 pro controller with a screen. I don’t think it’s gonna have a massive market, but for what it is, it’s not entirely terrible. Not everyone has a phone with a large screen so upgrading to a $1k phone is not a move they can make, but $200 for what’s basically an extra controller with an 8in display is not terrible just very niche.

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    • Gamoc@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t get me wrong I’m sure it’ll find a small market, it just could’ve had a bigger one with comparatively little effort and now the device it could’ve been will never exist. I had hopes for this as I’d expected it to stream from Now, but it just doesn’t for no reason beyond “CBA” really.

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      • SmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The thing is they are only targeting that small market for PS5 gamers, they don’t want to compete in the handheld market and possibly loose those customers who would be happy with just a ps5 remote play experience vs a better more expensive device. I get it, they don’t have to have as many competitors and it makes it slightly cheaper versus the non dedicated competitors giving them a niche area to sell to.

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