PlayStation 5 Portal Remote Player

The portal feels lighter than it looks, feels a lot like dualsense PS5 controller. After a firmware update, you no longer are required to own a PS5 to use this product, as long as you have a Playstation plus premium subscription. With the subscription, you're allowed to use the beta feature to stream certain selected games (around 100). The portal functions like a Wii U gamepad essentially & it shows whatever is on your PS5 displayed on the portal screen. The portal will not play cloud streaming games if you try to access them through the PS5, nor will it function with any media apps. I started using my portal by connecting it to my PSN account. Then I made sure I used an ethernet cable for my PS5, because it allows for a smoother experience & lets you use the portal anywhere there's wifi available. I have not tested the quality of this feature, but I have spent dozens of hours playing games at my house when my gf or roommates are using the tv my PS5 is set up with. If several people are using the broadband then the portals connection to the PS5 will become unstable, but I can safely say that this is not a frequent issue. There's a bit of a delay but honestly it's not that much worse than modern wireless controller input delay. I wouldn't think to play games online with my portal but I've played a ton of elden ring on it & it feels great. I love handheld consoles but this isn't really a console, it's mostly an accessory. Despite that, I really enjoy it. It's hard to recommend to people because most people will be content playing their Playstation library on their tv screen, but if you live with several people & don't own several tvs, then it's a nice option for gamers.

If you love the PSP you’re gonna love this. Yes it takes Wi-Fi, but it is so fun to just play your games anywhere around the house and take them to other places as long as you have good Wi-Fi you will be able to do that. I’ve had no issues at all. Battery life is amazing. I plan it for at least that I will and it only hits 87%. It’s super fun to use and it’s just fun.

The initial impression of this device centers on straightforward setup and a strong display for the games I enjoy. Out of the box, syncing with my PlayStation 5 required about five minutes. I adjusted the remote settings on my PS5, and once the portal joined my network, everything aligned quickly. I appreciate the screen’s resolution, which closely matches my PS5. The screen is integrated into the controllers, reducing the chance of losing attachments. The layout and size mirror the standard controller, making it easy to use because I am already familiar with it. Battery life is sufficient; I recently finished two 30-minute games without recharging. Overall, this product suits any PS5 owner seeking a portable option to continue gaming on the road. The grips and controllers resemble the PS5, which is a major benefit. I have no current issues or concerns.

I love the PS Portal. I didn't get it. I still don't. But I love it. Pros: - Can game anywhere in your home wifi network pretty well. Graphics look almost as good as the PS5. It has had a few drop outs while in the bathroom for some reason and it stutters. But generally only has happened a few times. - Works decently on phone hotspot. It's playable, granted it hiccups more than I'd like it too. And the graphics don't look as sharp as home network. - Feels like playing PS5 on the go, in bed, or lying on the couch. Almost the same graphical power and look- it doesn't look quite as good as tv but it's very close- especially coming from the antique switch. Cons: - No browser, so you have to use hotspot/wifi over connecting it directly while on restaurant/hotel wifi - No blu tooth audio, that's a big issue, but maybe due to latency? Wired headphones work great though. - No downloadable playable media. If it had this, this game system would be the king. - Hard to get (check out the app Hotstock. I found one in less than two days casually looking on the app). - Screen is quite reflective, so hard to play outside in the sun. - It sometimes drops wifi connection and it's laggy or slow during those moments, not great for multiplayer games where speed and accuracy is an asset. - It takes around 20-30 seconds to boot up. So if you're a grab and play for a few minute kind of person, huge disadvantage vs a switch, where I could pick it up and play immediately for 5-10 minutes. This is a bit more of a time commitment. - YOU HAVE TO keep your PS5 on rest mode or this won't function at all. If you have a home power outage while on a trip, you're carrying around a portal for nothing. Not only does it need to be on, but you need to be logged into your account on your machine. - My hands aren't quite as large so the controller is a little big in my hands compared to the smaller switch, so it's a little less comfortable, but doesn't bother me that much. - get a case, this thing is big and more delicate. The case makes it feel really solid. I got a clear case with a screen protector, it's nice. Reasons I got a Portal: I love handheld gaming - I've played my switch 90/10 to my ps5. My biggest drawback to using a switch or a steam deck, I like being able to play on the TV and on handheld- but the switch has huge graphical drawbacks, so I never hooked it up to the TV. It's really cool to have your games all be on one cohesive network of games and saves. The screen is really nice and looks about as nice as playing on my TV. Anyone that approaches this with an open-mind will love it. I'll probably keep my switch for trips and keep the portal at home for playing in bed or lying on the couch. I've enjoyed it- once they get a PS5 connected handheld that can download games and create a cloud saving- I'm completely in.

I got this as a gift for my partner. He loves it! Excellent display, feel the games in your hand. I'm definitely getting one for myself. It's bigger than I thought it would be. about 5 hours game time, battery life, no slip, lightweight.

Update: still awesome but now on a trip 2313 miles away from home. Worked great 5 of the 6 days I was here, but now one the last day (and two hours later, yes I’m obsessed with getting this bi**h to connect) it’s failed to connect. Assuming it’s the travel router..but dropping a star because I shouldn’t need one. Sony needs to add a browser to this thing so we can click the silly message on captive wifi and just get on the network. I didn’t buy this to utilize while at a vacation home with my family that has standard wifi. I bought it for travel, work travel, in which I live in hotels and airports..which, guess what, Sony, use mf’in CAPTIVE WIFI BRO! Just let the browser work for that one simple thing. Got darn vultures. I’m not going to write some wannabe tech dude review here, you all know what it does at this point if you don’t have one yet. What I can tell you is this for those on the fence, it is not able to utilize captive wifi (wifi that first makes you open your browser and enter credentials or watch a short video or whatever), so if you plan on using it at hotels or airports, etc., you’ll also have to buy a travel router to bypass that. On vacation hundreds of miles away on standard wifi it works perfectly so long as your home connection is strong and the wifi at the location you are at is decent. I really do love it as I used to pack my whole ass PlayStation for business trips for downtime, now I can fit it in my backpack! Pro tip for those of you that may play late at night and keep your PlayStation in a room your family may still be using while you’re gone. Keep PlayStation in rest mode (you have to anyways) but unplug the HDMI from the back of the TV so it won’t turn your tv/monitor on when you connect the Portal. Also, go into settings on your PS5 and turn off the dang startup beep so you don’t startle everyone in the house in the middle of the night because you had to get your gamer fix on. Lastly, turn down the console lights to low so your PS5 doesn’t light up a room no one is in and causes folks to come investigating something that isn’t actually a concern. Other than that, it’s awesome, nice big screen and the controller feels like the standard controller, just have to get used to your hands being significantly further apart. Really though, if you can’t decide and you love to game and have to travel, worth every penny and more.

This has a lot of potential but profits nerfed this potentially OP'ed remote player. I got this because I have a child who spends half their time over at the other parents house and we sometimes wanna play COD zombies together but their side of the family doesn't have a console to play on. I thought since I got us a PS5 I could simply get a portal and they could play whenever they were visiting their mom.. unfortunately, being the money hungry industry this is, they made it so you absolutely must get a basic ps online account and if you wanna connect another portal you must upgrade the account to the plus so one acts as a remote player while the other uses the play station plus storage to play. All this is nice and all but, some of us can't afford this stuff and just wanna use this for what it was intended to be used for. Bonding with your loved ones and having a fun time, but unfortunately these large corporations just don't care about those little moments.. so all I have to say is be careful if you do decide to get this, because it's a lot more expensive than you think, just to get it set up. So much lost potential, plus they could of made this even better by making it so one can play games offline too, instead of catering to Nintendo, they could of made a switch eliminator.

UPDATE: My experience with the PS Portal has gotten a bit better since I purchased it. The most recent update slightly boosted the bitrate cap leading to smoother local play experience. I also had the opportunity to use the Portal in "Remote Play" mode at a hotel, and I was thoroughly impressed with the experience. It was, ironically, smoother there than with Local play at home. I do not subscribe to PS+ Premium, so I have no experience with Game Streaming. The service is too expensive for me to consider subscribing to it. So I increased this to 3 stars due to the fact that the update increased performance on the Portal, and my experience using it at a hotel (Remote Play) was very good. 1ST REVIEW: I really want to love this thing but Sony needs to do better. I have a gigabit mesh network and have spent the last week adjusting network settings solely for the purpose of getting the PS Portal to run better. My PS5 is already hardwired, I have adjusted my network to force the PS portal to use only 5Ghz on the main router that’s hardwired to the PS5, I have adjusted channels to the network, I have reverted from 160hz channel width down to 80hz (which allegedly works better for the PS portal) I have even done tests where I know for sure the portal is using local play and other tests where I know it’s using online remote play (I have 1gbps connection) and no matter what I do I cannot get this thing to run smoothly, to the point that the resolution drops as low as 360p, games severely lag, or it just flat out disconnects from the PS5 (even while maintaining a Medium-Strong WiFi connection). For whatever reason, Sony caps their download rates for the PS Portal to 15mbps. I haven’t seen the Portal go over 13mbps download even when I’m within a few feet of my main WiFi router, and my router can support transfer rates of 2.4gbps locally. I’m not sure why Sony is limiting the capabilities of the PS Portal, especially on the local remote play aspect but it’s clear that limiting this to just 15mbps (and not a stable 15mbps) is just not going to work. The fact that it’s been over 2 years since its release, and this issue hasn’t been resolved, tells me how little effort Sony is putting into improving this expensive add on. Recommendations from other folks have included going as far as disconnecting the HDMI cable from the console, changing the settings on the console to reflect the PS Portal’s capabilities (turning down 4K res to 1080p, turning off HDR, etc.), adjusting graphical performance through in game settings, and some have gone as far as to disconnect everything from their network while using their portal…. This type of work and troubleshooting is completely unacceptable for a product like this. Honestly, the PS5 display/game settings should automatically change through a autodetection feature when using the PS Portal, the same way a PS5 autodetects a connected TV's capabilities to turn on/off settings for the best gameplay experience. I really want to like this thing. The controller is nice, the device feels like it was built well and the screen, while not being OLED, is still a very nice to play on. When the PS Portal has functioned properly (which is rare in my case) playing at a full 1080P 60FPS is an amazing experience. But the lack of stability with this product, the hoops you have to run through to get it to work (and it still doesn’t in my case) and the fact that Sony’s not doing much to mitigate these issues other than forcing people to spend another $160/yr for Cloud streaming, tells me that this things a huge fail for someone like myself who just wants to play the games they already own remotely. Save your money, and just get a controller attachment for your smartphone. You’d be better off and honestly, I’ve had a better gaming experience using PS Remote Play on my iPhone than with the PS Portal.

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Chat with the seller and discuss all your queries before buying like I did. Its authentic product and works perfectly. There will be no warranty on this product though because you are buying from third party. Now when it comes to PS Portal it's an accessories not and handheld don't get confused or deluded by negative brain dead comments by illiterate users......its for time crunch on your games when you are not using PS5 and while you are travelling. Just connect your PS5 to ethernet with strong internet connection and your good to go. Perfect if you wanna play while you are away from your home and wanna play games of your console.

Excelente producto!! calidad Sony Para empezar debes saber que no es una consola portátil, esto debe quedar claro. este funciona de manera muy sencilla esto funciona a manera de extensión de tu pantalla, es decir si no te dejan jugar en la pantalla por que la están viendo puedes prender control y ver ahí tus juegos, sin necesidad de interrumpir la película del crio. Cabe resaltar que debes tener buena conexión a internet ya que de lo contrario te encontraras con una gran frustración al realizar tus comandos para esquivar o atacar y que no se realicen en tiempo es decir un delay. Otra cuestión, si se actualiza tendrán que ver de nuevo su consola en el televisor para configurarlo de lo contrario les dirá que no encuentra la consola

Works well, but you need to make sure that you have an internet speed AT LEAST 5 Mbps before using it outside the house, or it'll be very laggy and won't connect.