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@garystinten9339

7 ай бұрын

Does the PlayStation 5 still work whilst someone is streaming to the portal??

The idea behind this thing was that it was supposed to be faster than regular remote play and maintain a better connection.

@hicknopunk

7 ай бұрын

I thought the idea was to sully the PSP name 🤔

@FernandoMartinez-pv1id

7 ай бұрын

@@hicknopunk that too. My point was it didn't keep that idea.

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

And it has. The back bone was horrible and couldn't get through one game session without have a disconnect or major lag as well as it taking up my phone. The Portal has been running great for me with zero issues.

@FernandoMartinez-pv1id

7 ай бұрын

@JohnDoe-zg6fn Ive seen mixed experiences just like the regular Remote Play App.

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

@@FernandoMartinez-pv1id There have been some patches and updates for the Link system and remote play so maybe they fixed that issue, but I have personally been playing the heck out of my portal and I have had zero issues with it.

I feel like there's going to be ALOT of returns for this.

@JudahIAmKng

7 ай бұрын

Nah

@onlypvpcaterina-6669

7 ай бұрын

@@JudahIAmKng Yah

@FernandoMartinez-pv1id

7 ай бұрын

Not if they provide better software updates that improve connection. Now that streaming is coming to it, it might be worth the value long term.

@str8poisintv131

7 ай бұрын

Nah I just got mine today and it's good on my wifi and Hotspot but honestly it's not for everyone and it's sort of redundant if u have a backbone or if you use chiaki on a steam deck, legion go, rog ally, or switch ... i recommend getting one only if u wanna play a ps5 game on the go with a shotty connection at times

@nickharris5231

7 ай бұрын

I have it and my experience has been awesome. I can play games while my wife watches trash reality TV, and it works flawlessly in my house. My PS5 is hard wired and I have a high end router that I bought maybe 6 years ago. I don't really care about playing remotely outside the house. It lets me lay in bed or on the couch playing my PS5 when it otherwise may not be an option.

Another example of why not to pre-order and wait until honest reviewers like you take a look at hardware and games.

@lennywright5655

7 ай бұрын

Didn’t really need reviews to see where this (PSP) was going 💩

@FernandoMartinez-pv1id

7 ай бұрын

I preordeded at best buy. Plan to return it in a week. No harm no foul.

@corrd3ll647

7 ай бұрын

Maybe. I’ve had no issues. Quality/ screen is great no lag🤷🏾‍♂️

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

​@@corrd3ll647Same. I been playing it since launch and I have had zero issues with it. I have been enjoying greatly and I am almost done beating the Last of Us Part 1 and playing it strictly on the Portal and it has held up great. I love it.

@Frostvul

7 ай бұрын

Looks great, feels great, works great, do you even know what you're talking about? You can turn it on from far away from your house as long as you have internet 😊

Hey Ron, sometimes routers will try and optimize traffic with QOS settings. I’m going to assume that the reason it worked the next day much better was because the leases on the device registrations in your home that took priority expired (like maybe your smart tv or something). The next day the Portal was probably bumped up in priority over something you wouldn’t notice as much. Dunno for sure, but I had this experience when I bought a new laptop recently and doing a hard reset of my network did wonders.

@TotalBadness

7 ай бұрын

It could be this or it could be a "smart connect" issue where it chooses to put you on 2.4ghz or 5ghz automatically and you might have to seperate the bands and pick one.

@railerswim

7 ай бұрын

@@TotalBadness that’s called band steering

@railerswim

7 ай бұрын

Could be an automatic nightly channel optimization

@TotalBadness

7 ай бұрын

@@railerswim On some devices it's called Smart Connect

@jaygillis9379

7 ай бұрын

It’s 100% because of his router and its settings. Hardwired ps5, Static ip for ps5 and portal, and dedicated 5ghz goes a long way. I’m having no issues at home and really enjoying it.

I’m getting strong Wii U vibes 😆

We’ve had something like this before… like over 12 years ago…

What happens if (when) the sticks start drifting?

Congrats, Sony, for making a Playstation Wii-U.

@FernandoMartinez-pv1id

7 ай бұрын

Wromg, the Wii U didnt require Wifi for the controller.......

@jonathankulesa

7 ай бұрын

Sonii U

@piratesephiroth

7 ай бұрын

@@FernandoMartinez-pv1id well it used wifi but connected directly to the console

@tecpaocelotl

7 ай бұрын

@@FernandoMartinez-pv1id bro, it only works with the console being on...

@FernandoMartinez-pv1id

7 ай бұрын

@tecpaocelotl yes. And it didn't have the ability to be used outside the home.

That thing so shameful, Jim Ryan had to retire.

I haven’t had any problems with resolution or latency. Everything I’ve seen is that when resolution is down it’s because your internet is slow for whatever reason. Maybe something was sucking up bandwidth the first time you tried using it. Either way I love mine. Have fun

Looking forward to putting some time into the Like A Dragon/Yakuza series now that I moved the PS5 into the home theater, kind of nice to have this for those type of games.

My phone does this on ps remote play. I have my PS5 connected to my router 2 feet away, and I am sitting 10 feet away in the same room and the connection disconnected. It's insane.

I once purchased a little battery powered fan to put inside my car, even though my car has air conditioning. Thats what this Playsation portal is like .

This thing is working great for me ! And my SteelSeries Playstation/PC/SteamDeck Bluetooth headphones work great ! I plug the dongle nub into the front of the PS5 , and then game on. The sound is great. The Portal doesn't NEED to have Bluetooth. Peeps need to try this thing before they hate on it. Seems pretty awesome to me !

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

You nailed it. I agree 100%

@gregoryburkhead7813

7 ай бұрын

I agree .. the 1080 screen is good good

@dazzaboy04

7 ай бұрын

The portal doesn't NEED Bluetooth, but the portal does NEED cloud gaming! If they make plans on that, then I may just BUY this thing because it will make it 100 times worth it to buy PS Plus Premium. But right now, I'm gonna do neither. Stop getting all offended because people are already making plans to return the product. That's what a receipt is for

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

@@dazzaboy04 It is working great without either of them. Please feel free to return as soon as possible so another individual who does want it can pick it up and enjoy it. If you dont like it then you dont like it, no biggie.

I get it. This is for the person that don't always have access to the TV, and don't want to hook up controllers to their own phone. My guess is that a lot of dads with wife and kids are part of the core demographic for this thing. Maybe you don't want to be disturbed when playing in front of the big screen with a lot of people in the room, or maybe you feel like you are disturbing them. So using remote play could be a good option. And I would rather have my phone available by my side for texts, calls, web browsing, etc., rather than use it with remote play.

@kevinleblanc9498

7 ай бұрын

Totally agree, I’m part of that, I bought it and am already really enjoying playing it. I’ll play way more that way.

@solomonkane408

7 ай бұрын

I got one so if I'm up late and don't wanna disturb my wife or maybe she wa ts to watch TV in bed and I wanna play np great device

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

Exactly. We are all in the same group. I love mine and it has been running great.

@agent8playz889

7 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-zg6fnwhat about the remote play app on your phone

@pineapplesauce7499

7 ай бұрын

I think a lot of people prefer having dedicated devices for gaming instead of playing games on their phone. That's why those crappy Chinese emulation handhelds are so popular even though the crappiest and cheapest phones are more powerful then them 😂

I’ve had nothing but issues with this thing. I’m returning mine. I’ve used remote play on my ROG Ally and it works perfectly fine.

@WaqManVR

7 ай бұрын

I tried it with the Rog Ally and it was Terrible. But that was chiaki, remote play I had to connect my dual sense and it make no sense to.

If your PS5 or Portal is downloading an update or patch in the background that will also affect the stream. Sometimes you won’t even notice background downloading until it stutters. I think there’s an option to turn it off on the PS5

I’m looking forward to getting one some day. As someone who has a family and little control of the tv at times, this sounds awesome to play when they are watching something else. I am still curious if I can use a headset connected to the ps5 itself rather then direct to the portal, since I know it can’t.

SONY just doesn't seem to be as dedicated to the gaming experience like they should be for the cost. I bought the PS1 PS2 (love 'em) and The PS3 for the blu-ray (cheaper at the time then a blu-ray player, didn't really buy any games at the time) got a PS4 for free and wasn't very impressed with the experience. I think SONY started dropping the ball after the PS2.

Love the bluntness of Ron's vids lmao

Could you even fix this thing if any problems happened, like stick drift?

@TheRoxy671

7 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing....why ps5 controller has this problem when the ps1,ps2,ps3 dual shocks doesn't have that problem stick drift 🤔🤦‍♂️

I got my pre-order 2 days ago, opened trying 5 minutes done, putting in the box sending tomorrow back. Job done

The PSP and the Vita were two beautiful handhelds. I miss my own PSPs but still have my day one OLED Vita. I reached for the DS at times more but Sony handhelds were beautiful. This looks eh. The whole tablet era just has no style to me.

@DigiPen92

7 ай бұрын

Is there a PS Vita OLED model actually exists? I thought the Nintendo Switch consoles was the first video game consoles to have an OLED model?

@afieldingaf

7 ай бұрын

​@@DigiPen92the first model vita had an OLED screen the second one had an LCD screen

@CaptSpeirsB744

7 ай бұрын

I have a Vita OLed and love it.@@DigiPen92

@DigiPen92

7 ай бұрын

@@afieldingaf Oh really? I didn’t know that.

@dannynhl9441

7 ай бұрын

@@DigiPen92 Yeah the Vita first model had OLED. Not sure how long. I got it day it came out but I think they had it for at least a year. The screen is great. I don't have the Switch OLED just first version and the VITA oled screen is top notch. I have to say the Analogue Pocket screen is also amazing. Blows away most screens I've used/seen. Have a nice weekend. I had to add even say Twisted Metal 2 which I bought on the Vita store looks nice on the oled screen.

Most hotels have shitty internet in my experience

So I go on a lot of road trips will this work if I had a portable WiFi router

How are the wireless headphones compatible if there is no Bluetooth function?

So does this work on when having it on the travel with bringing the PS5 Console with you like say use it on a family member's house without any HDMI TVs or on Hotel, Motels, and Inns that don't have HDMI TVs as well?

@lazarushernandez5827

7 ай бұрын

The caveat there is the network connections. Your PS5 is going stream best with a wired connection. You'll likely have access to a wired connection at families house, not so sure you will at a hotel. You would be able to tether the PS Portal to say your phones hotspot and leave your wired PS5 at home on standby/rest mode; this worked with the Vita and PS4, but you will get input lag and sometimes picture degradation.

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

Leave your console at home connected to either wifi or hard wired and leave it on sleep mode. When you connect your portal connect to the wifi you are using then connect it to your ps5. It will take a minute to wake up your ps5 and then it will connect. I have tried it on three different network access points. My home network my phones hot spot and my netgear Nighthawk m6 pro and it connected to all of them with zero issues and ran great.

@DigiPen92

7 ай бұрын

@@lazarushernandez5827 Does this work on the PS3 and PlayStation TV as well? (I didn't know that the PlayStation Portal works on Vita and PS4 since I thought this was for PS5)

@lazarushernandez5827

7 ай бұрын

@@DigiPen92 no, let me clear it up. This process, tethering your vita to a hotspot and your Ps4/PS3 wired worked. Nothing about the PsPortal working with anything but the PS5.

I always make sure nothing is downloading on my ps5 in the background while streaming, that can cause issues.

My wife pre ordered my Portal but I can’t open it until Xmas 🥰😀🤩🎅🏻🎄🎁

No portable remote player feels this good in your hands. I've had zero issues with mine, but for those that are, they will roll out patches.

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

Same. Mine runs great, I love it.

The first day I got it I had the same issue it was poop. Second day after fiddling with my router and sorting the ps5 to Ethernet wired solved my issue. Now it’s epic and I don’t get no latency or stops etc works flawlessly. I didn’t change the 4k to 1080p though. Been epic since then and works flawlessly

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

Same. Runs perfect no issues.

@Cyko..

7 ай бұрын

How is playing multiplayer games like Call of Duty away from home on it latency wise?

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

@@Cyko.. I don't know I don't play cod.

@Cyko..

7 ай бұрын

@@JohnDoe-zg6fn Ok but I wasn't asking you, otherwise your name would've been tagged in my first comment. No tag means it's a reply to the OP. That's how KZread works. 😉

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

@@Cyko.. Don't care. Deal with it. 😊

This is essentially a glorified Wii U gamepad for the PS5.

If you're connecting both your PS5 and Portal over wifi, try connecting your PS5 on the 2.4ghz band and your Portal over 5ghz. I don't own a portal myself but I use remote play a lot and I find it helps running your two devices on different bands. Also helps a lot to have modern wifi in your house, but it's not required, most dual-band AC routers will be fine. Your internet speed doesn't matter unless you're playing outside your home, this is a common misconception with remote play, it connects directly to your PS5, so on a local network, it doesn't need to go outside your local home network, so your internet speed is irrelevant. It's just a bit more temperamental when you're running both your PS5 and remote play device on wireless, it is actually recommended to connect the PS5 via ethernet cable if possible.

It has made it to Where you take a extended break... Such as cook more food on the grill and hang out on the patio or a longer smoke break or When you go camping and you have your t-mobile box With you and it works great if u have 5g so far... Or if you're just wanting to get away from sitting at a desk and tv like my ps5 sits.. I hate the headphone swindle

Expect negatively you will get negatively.

I am just curious as to why many people are unaware that they can use the PS5 DualSense controller to connect with any other device that supports the remote play app. Spending $200 on an iPad and using the PS5 DualSense controller to connect and play games remotely can give you a better gaming experience and be a good investment.

I got to admit, I'm happy with my Logitech G cloud. I use it to connect to my Xbox remotely, it's got all the emulators and all that and it has Android games too. At first it wouldn't connect to the TV but they just recently sent out a firmware update and now you can connect to the screen with USBC

@Cyko..

7 ай бұрын

So you'd rather play on a small 7-inch LCD screen instead of your 70 inch OLED tv that's 5 feet away plugged in via USB? Ok then.

@zg-it

7 ай бұрын

@@Cyko.. no, for example I'll be at the office and I can log in to my Xbox at home and play a game off a disc and stream it to my G cloud. I don't have a 70 inch TV in my car or at the office, so I can connect the G Cloud to my hotspot and then play off my Xbox at home with very little lag if any noticeable. But if I'm let's say, at another place with a tv. I can connect the G Cloud to the TV like a steam deck, and then stream off my Xbox from wherever.

@Ayixlia

7 ай бұрын

I wanted one of those so bad and the new Logitech Legion too. Both would be great companions to my Xbox One X and by themselves.

I see why you have latency issues. You need Sony's proprietary router that unlocks the true bandwidth. It will be announced in 2025 to release in 2026 for $1,200

Great stuff Mark.

Usually rebooting after updating allows everything to bed properly before operation

I just wished they gave the design a lil more love. The system does run on Android. I can't wait to see what the community does with it.

@TheVHSReviver

7 ай бұрын

I'd imagine as usual the community will provide a better experience then Sony

@R1SKbreaker

7 ай бұрын

I heard it's pretty low tier android, suitable for streaming but not much more, so I don't think this is going to go too far for use beyond streaming.

When is it going for sell lol I live in your hometown for pick up 😅

Appreciate the reviews where you purchase the merchandise with your own funds - at least its an honest review instead of a sponsored review where you tip toe how you actually feel.

How much the battery last's ?

Why would these not offer cellular networks options to actually play online on the go

Mystic was pretty honest in his initial review, I appreciated it but yeah other reviewers are like this is perfect no lag blah blah blah. Some were like my kid played via the hotspot in my car and it worked fine. Yeah your kid isn’t gonna know what network latency is and it’s unlikely they will know how to look for it. There will always be latency even in the most perfect scenarios.

@RDJ1SS

7 ай бұрын

You answered why it works. Kids don't mind the lag. I don't think hardcore gamers will choose any portable device over their own rig. I'd use it for my solo games, but competitive games are played on my PC or PS5 with an Ethernet cable connected

@railerswim

7 ай бұрын

@@RDJ1SS I never said that the ignorance of latency would mean a kid would have a good time playing.

@RDJ1SS

7 ай бұрын

But they will have a good time playing it... Because they won't know latency until they start playing on rigs

I would of bought this, but my main concern is the fact that you can't swap the analog joysticks in case there's joystick drifting.

@DustoMan

7 ай бұрын

If that's your concern then don't by anything unless it has hall effect sticks.... EVERY single analog stick is susceptible to drift. It's how these companies decided to build their sticks.

@MIAMI_VIBES_

7 ай бұрын

@@DustoMan yeah your right, I mean the only thing I've had a issue with was with a Nintendo switch pro controller, but it would have been cool if those joystick would have been swappable like the PS5 pro controller but I know that the cost would not have been $200.00 that's for sure.

@DustoMan

7 ай бұрын

@@MIAMI_VIBES_ @Tested noticed that the sticks aren't even the same as the PSVR2 controller and smaller than the sticks on the actual PS5 controller. They are in the middle and looking at teardown videos. It would be real pain to swap them.

I plan to get one when available. Will be useful while on lunch break lol.

The problem at the beginning is pretty common a lot of people say the first couple hours are bad but then it’s good forever

So wait, exactly like normal remote play? I was doing this to my tablet with a Bluetooth controller and headphones. Also 10" screen

I remember seeing the wifi5 thing just thinking "isn't that dated for remote play.?"

Really good system, no issues in my house or at my place of work or and other house I been at, I guess if your Internet is duff then it's not for you but for me I never had a day's trouble. Been really good and used it every day since purchase

You have to update it?

Maybe your PS5 was downloading something the first time you used it. That happened to me then it worked well when the PS5 wasn't downloading stuff.

@HiTech442

7 ай бұрын

no bro, there is lag on it . the only game that plays well is spider man 2

@AceFondu

7 ай бұрын

@@HiTech442 The game you are playing doesn't matter, you either have a good connection or you don't.

Got one a pre order, have 1gb wifi and connection issues and lag are constant issues

Are you using Wi-Fi 6E?

Let's call this a limited steamdeck.. this looks like a sony flop and I got and am a fan of every console they released since PS1 days and im saying this. Love the controller handles though. Thanks for the video man.. total respect to you.

This was going to be a bare bones but functional product release right from the very start. But I can see why cloud streaming wasn't added to begin with at least. They would've been worried about the transfer of the game to the device timing out and expiring. If that happened, we would never believe in cloud gaming ever again. If they can fix that potential problem, and cloud streaming arrives, I'll join PS Plus premium in a heartbeat

Is water wet?

3:22 the ign review said that he tried using it at a a Dunkin Donuts using their wifi and it denied it. Didn't work.

I stream my laptop to my steam deck by making a hotspot on my laptop and connecting my steam deck to it. I never see any latency whatsoever and the quality is always consistently high. Makes me wonder why PlayStation wouldn't make the PS5 hotspot to the Portal when on LAN, it would make the connection so much better

Just love the fact your honest mate ❤️👌

Seems like the wii U concept again. Thhank you for making videos :-)

You know, I could play my Wii-U on a separate floor in my house from the base unit with zero issues, and I REALLY have a lot of radio frequency noise in my house. :D That was a flawless experience. I do a lot of remote playing in my house through Steam, but mostly through a wired network with fiber backbone between floors, so I'm a bit picky. I don't even have a PS5 though, so this isn't on my list. I just find it interesting that it's tricky to get the experience tuned in for such a modern device. :D

@Futuredynamo

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, while the Wii U wasn't a huge success, as someone who has one, the remote play worked very well. But that also sent a signal directly between the console and gamepad. The signal between them wasn't going over wifi. What is ridiculous about the PS Portal is that wifi is the ONLY option to send the signal through. I understand having that as an option when someone won't be in range of the system. But it is ridiculous that there is no option to do a direct link between them and have the signal go directly between the PS5 and the Portal without wifi being needed for that particular function. Though I would be skeptical even if it did have that option. The PS Vita had the option to be connected to the PS4 for remote play both over wifi and directly to the console... and it was a crap shoot either way. Once in a while it would work fine, but more often than not it was unplayable. Even when I had a direct link between the two devices and I was purposely holding the Vita right next to the PS4.

@Ayixlia

7 ай бұрын

Wii U used Blu tooth tech for the tablet controller. It's just a regular controller with Blu tooth that has a full functional touch screen which SONY should have copied since they love copying their competition so much.

I wish the portal had a usb c cable (like psvr2) for hardwired zero latency high quality video/audio etc. the video streaming just isn’t there yet.

Good review, so many shills pretending that it’s perfect here on KZread. It’s a very locked down device. You can’t even use it offline and it’s shocking that it doesn’t have internet browser or Bluetooth.

Maybe it was updating in the background causing lag like anything new especially phones they update sometimes causing lag.

You said your video quality is garbage but I can cleanly read everything that's happening on the screen. I'm not saying that it by any means looks great but it's at least 1080 I can read it I do see the screen tearing lagging and it jumping. I have a feeling that will all calm down with patches, but I was able to read the text like when you were standing in front of the elevators

If this device isn't functional in your own home. There is no way in hell this is working on hotel WiFi.

Got mines yesterday and i had the same experience it kept disconnecting. Im gonna try it again but if doesnt work than yeah that was a waste of 200 bucks!

Could always dress up as Batman for Halloween and use it as his Batarang! I'm sorry I just couldn't see myself buying one of these.😆

Love to see a comparison between psportal and psplay on same wifi connection with a controller

Only way I will throw my money away for this is if it can be hacked. Not confident that is happening.

@markjones5024

7 ай бұрын

There's nothing to hack. It's a tablet with handles. Actually, a tablet has more hacking potential.

It’s has worked awesome for me. It’s as good and fast as the PS5 itself. I was positive on MWF3 and 2 on every game. Not sure what caused your issues but it was an amazing experience for me so far. 3 days now and not a single issue.

@swineflu07

7 ай бұрын

What is your internet connection setup?

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

Same. I have played a bunch of different games now and almost done beating The Last of Us Part 1 and have had zero issues. This thing runs great on all my games. FF7, Dead Space, Spider Man 2, God of War:Rag, Last of Us, Stray, Rainbow 6, Metal Gear Collection. The only issue I had was with Rainbow because that is a very precise quick game but it still ran it with no issues and I could talk to my teammates which was really cool.

@kedirin

7 ай бұрын

Same the thing is awesome, I've used it for 6-7 hours and no issues. Tested several genres all were impressive on the thing.

@KingAlpha82

7 ай бұрын

​@@JohnDoe-zg6fnsame here no problem or lag playing MW3 OR BATTLEFIELD 2042 I'm having a blast with mine 😊

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

@@KingAlpha82 This is most people's experience. It just seems like more people are having issues with it then not because they all want to get online and cry about it. And most of the people complain about it don't even own a Portal so I don't know what they are going on about. Haters gonna hate and ainters gonna aint.

Sounds like it works just like the steam link, hit or miss depending on the devices mood

Very dependent on how good your wifi is which has a ton of variables.

I love mine!! It’s awesome!!

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

Same.

😳 Its been 4ever since i watched an honest review like this. Thank u sir. Keep it up. 👍 New follower here.

@Madlittlepixel

7 ай бұрын

I appreciate it, I always gotta be honest no matter if its something I bought or something sent for review. I just tell it like it is. Sometimes our experiences may be different or I like something others don't or the opposite... Its always whatever I am thinking at the time I do a video testing something, reviewing it or just playing a game with no agenda other than sharing my thoughts in a video. Just talkin like I would to a friend in real life.

Remote Play works REALLY REALLY REALLY good in my house. Will those work as good as that? Like I'll just be luckier than the complainers??

If your router has mimu or beamforming that could be causing your issues

I’m looking forward to the videos where people show stick drift

I would get one but I've never had good experiences with remote play. Id love to play in my room at night but it never worked on Vita or PS4 in bedroom.

@lazarushernandez5827

7 ай бұрын

What was your network setup? I setup a powerline adapter and it works great. The PS4 usually worked better when it was a wired connection, especially if the console is in another room. Another option is the Vita TV, it also can do remote play but includes an ethernet port to go wired.

The reality is, remote play isn’t ready for mass acceptance. It’s not consistently good regardless of your remote device. The portal is fine at what it does but the problem is the entire remote play setup. Unfortunately the portal does nothing to improve the connectivity. I’m getting the same result as my Ally and Steamdeck.

@jcj8527

7 ай бұрын

Well put, I'm actually really surprised people are still learning this considering how long remote plays been around

great & honest review - how is this vs. Steam Deck / ROG Ally =-? or are they even comparable =-?

@JAEEIGHTY

7 ай бұрын

Not comparable. The 2 devices you mentioned are standalone portable PCs. This is a glorified tablet stripped down feature wise sandwiched between a PS5 controller.

@markbidwell654

7 ай бұрын

@@JAEEIGHTY thank you for the information

Thank you so much for showing mk1 gameplay but can you test online matches on mk1 please!

Works fine for me but I have low traffic on wi fi

When I first started using this device I said the same thing it’s trash the quality was bad. Then I figured it out if the PS5 is downloading an update or a game it hurts the performance so before you start gaming just pause this updates. Once I did that the experience was good.

A device that relies on your internet connection yielding mixed results…. nobody saw this coming. My take is that if you’re on the fence you should try it. If your connection isn’t up to snuff, you’ll know within the 14 day return period. It’s also a real stress test for internet connectivity, as it’s the most demanding consumer product for internet related tasks. If anything, it will let you know if your connection is truly as great as you think it is.

Maybe the time of day was the difference in the performance. There could be slightly more latency when the ISP is more crowded at night (even if you get a similar speed).

@ps5blows317

7 ай бұрын

It uses the local network, not internet. It can use Internet if you can login away from your house.

@ryans413

7 ай бұрын

If you have DSL you have your own direct connection no up or down times.

Looks like I'll put the cash I had set aside for this towards the PS VR2. Thanks for saving me $200!

My children are not going to have any use for it, during the long car drive this holiday

I love it. I didn't listen to other people. As a matter of fact I bought do to all the hate it received. It's worth the money. I haven't had any issues with it at all. In my opinion it can only get better with updates.

@JohnDoe-zg6fn

7 ай бұрын

Exactly right!. Love mine too it's awesome.

You need to make sure the system isn't downloading any updates or games while using makes it lag bad and the resolution is horrible

After trying Remote Play on Vita I knew it was crap. And here Sony is, trying to sell the same junk, but as the MAIN feature.

I don't know about the PlayStation portal, but that thumbnail is straight fire LO.L

Didn't the Wii U do the exact same thing in 2012?

The PS5 needs to have a wired connection. This will help a lot. The second issue is the official remote play app is not great. There is a 3rd party remote play app that is way better in every way. I use it on the Logitech G cloud and it’s so close to feeling native. Until the official app gets fixed they are going to have issues selling this device.

@theloaf9413

7 ай бұрын

What’s the third party app?

@Anthony-ex6hq

7 ай бұрын

PSPlay on Android and I believe the developer had to rename it to MirrorPlay on iOS. Cost about $6 for the app. He makes one for Xbox as well that I also feel is superior to the official app. Unfortunately with the Portal your stuck with the official app because it doesn’t function as an Android tablet like the Logitech G cloud.

Seeing a lot of impulse buys on this too and people trying to scalp it. If you want it, just be patient. Don’t pay resell to scalpers. It’s not a need and when scalpers realize they can’t sell it, lowball and grab for under retail

Nobody mentions it, but if you’re playing the portal at home you can use the original ps5 pulse headphones no problem. Also, your internet speed is irrelevant. Your router/wifi is what’s most important. I’m throughly enjoying mine.