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[Hollywood Hitman]

So it's wild because... I never in a million years thought I'd like the portal, but about 6 months ago I finally caved in and man what a sweet ass device. Not only does it work really well, and even better with streaming but I never realized how nice it is to not always have to go to my gaming room, I can sit and if I'm grinding something out can hang in the room with my wife etc.. It's really nice.

Bought a 30th Anniversary model recently and I love it but damn that midnight black model is calling me, anyone else sell off or just buy a Midnight model and is really happy they did so?

 

[Sooner]

Portal is awesome. I wish I had the anniversary model. But, I see no reason to get a black one over my white one.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

My opinión about PS portal.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

My opinión about PS portal.

Trust me I thought the same, but for a measly 200 bucks it does alot of good shit.

I have a rog ally x as well, I use both but portal is pretty fucking awesome

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Trust me I thought the same, but for a measly 200 bucks it does alot of good shit.

I have a rog ally x as well, I use both but portal is pretty fucking awesome

Asus Rog ally X... that is a real console.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Asus Rog ally X... that is a real console.

Yea it's top notch, one of the best.

 

[Rival]

I love my portal but I stopped using it for the most part after buying the pro for my bedroom.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Loving the midnight black variant. After some time of using it, I love the device itself. It's going to be super useful when traveling or when someone is occupying the tv.

 

[Sooner]

My opinión about PS portal.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Do you have a PS portal?

 

[Gamerguy84]

Trust me I thought the same, but for a measly 200 bucks it does alot of good shit.

I have a rog ally x as well, I use both but portal is pretty fucking awesome

Lmfao the fact this is still a conversation. Yes at $200 it is a great device.

I have played more PS5 games through it and because of it.

It has massive advantages like you don't have to buy games for it. If you own a PS5 you already have a large library of games to play on it.

It works so good I never think about the fact I'm streaming anything.

 

[Deerock71]

I honestly forgot about these things and thought we were talking about a limited edition Steam Deck. THAT interested me.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Yes..."gotta catch'em all...OCD"

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Lmfao the fact this is still a conversation. Yes at $200 it is a great device.

I have played more PS5 games through it and because of it.

It has massive advantages like you don't have to buy games for it. If you own a PS5 you already have a large library of games to play on it.

It works so good I never think about the fact I'm streaming anything.

Yea theyre nice, i as a trophy hunter am always playing something for some type of trophy whether it's grinding etc but Id always just head to my game room and I never realized how nice having a simple device like this can be to hang around the house using it or when on a trip etc.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

I honestly forgot about these things and thought we were talking about a limited edition Steam Deck. THAT interested me.

Steam decks are pretty meh now, rog ally x is where it's at for that side of things. It'll be able to boot into steamOS soon as well.

 

[Dorfdad]

Yep black is for play anniversary is for collection. Thinking of selling the white towards switch 2

 

[Evolved1]

if only it had back buttons... i barely use mine for that reason. if they released a dualsense edge verson i'd buy another instantly.

 

[AJUMP23]

Portal is awesome. I wish I had the anniversary model. But, I see no reason to get a black one over my white one.

Pretty discriminatory.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

if only it had back buttons... i barely use mine for that reason. if they released a dualsense edge verson i'd buy another instantly.

See I don't use mine for anything like major serious but like I said I love getting plats and generally always some grindy something where I don't need to be at my main setup and can hit it just chilling elsewhere it's good.

I used my rog ally x tho for alot of my black myth wukong plat, was awesome

 

[Sooner]

Do you have a PS portal?

Pretty, sure I already said I do. Thanks for caring.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Pretty, sure I already said I do. Thanks for caring.

.I know what it feels like to have that thing.

 

[Sooner]

My deepest condolences.

It's fine. Life is okay. I'm married to a human woman and not sexually obsessed with a drawing by some old Japanese guy.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

It's fine. Life is okay. I'm married to a human woman and not sexually obsessed with a drawing by some old Japanese guy.

I have 3 girls, touche.

 

[Robins]

I really want to pick one up In the next couple of months.

Anyone here had issues with durability of the controller?

 

[Spiral1407]

I have no clue how such a useless device is so popular

 

[jumpship]

My opinión about PS portal.

Great thanks for contributing nothing to the thread now...gtfo

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Great thanks for contributing nothing to the thread now...gtfo

I am not against you having the device, don't take it the wrong way.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I think the Midnight Black > OG Portal.

Imo the black Portal makes the screen stand out more.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Steam decks are pretty meh now, rog ally x is where it's at for that side of things. It'll be able to boot into steamOS soon as well.

Trolling?

 

[Unknown?]

Pretty discriminatory.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Trolling?

Not at all. Rog ally x is a beast, getting steam OS support is only going to make it that much better, it's a monster of a hh

 

[Sooner]

I have no clue how such a useless device is so popular

I have no clue how there are people who game without it. It's awesome. I use mine daily.

 

[Spiral1407]

I have no clue how there are people who game without it. It's awesome. I use mine daily.

My problem is that you can get 90% of the same experience with a smartphone and an attachable controller.

Almost everyone with a PS5 already has a smartphone and you can get a backbone for under £100. You'd lose out on haptics/dualsense features, but would receive a cheaper entry price, superior battery life, better portability and a higher resolution/OLED display in return.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I have no clue how such a useless device is so popular

Because I can watch sports or shows on the tv while playing my PS5 on the Portal. It’s literally ADHD perfection.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

My problem is that you can get 90% of the same experience with a smartphone and an attachable controller.

Almost everyone with a PS5 already has a smartphone and you can get a backbone for under £100. You'd lose out on haptics/dualsense features, but would receive a cheaper entry price, superior battery life, better portability and a higher resolution/OLED display in return.

So i have an S10 ultra tablet, I have one of the newest iPads as well and I have setup remote play on them and you're absolutely right if that's what you have and can setup, it's great.

With that said the portal feels easily 10x better to pick up and go. For me when I setup my Samsung it was more like I propped it up, had to get my controller.. And sure it was like staring at a small TV but I found it sometimes cumbersome.

The screen on the portal is ABSOLUTELY deceivingly awesome for what it is, I mean it pops and is vibrant as hell, everything looks damn awesome on it. And you litrelly just have such a great pickup and go, turn on experience it's well worth 200 bucks. If it were any more expensive I'd say nope not worth it but 200 is peanuts for what it offers.

I don't know how much more I can say I laughed at it upon its unveiling and when it launched, I was a hater... But I eventually said for 200 bucks not much to lose, tried it and I love it.

Some little details are not felt until you're holding and using it for yourself, and thats why my opinion changed greatly when I finally tried one

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I've been doing all the side content in Stellar Blade on the portal while "watching" tv with the wife. Great stuff! I think I'll go for the plat.

I only got the 30th anniversary of the base PS5. I was going to scalp it but after listing it, it became obvious I wasn't going to get much of a profit so I said fuck it and kept it for myself and traded in my launch PS5.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

I've been doing all the side content in Stellar Blade on the portal while "watching" tv with the wife. Great stuff! I think I'll go for the plat.

Exactly, that's what Im loving it for as well just grab it and sit down and fuck around when doin stuff and can hang with the family etc..

Great platinum btw, I enjoyed getting mine

 

[Sooner]

My problem is that you can get 90% of the same experience with a smartphone and an attachable controller.

Almost everyone with a PS5 already has a smartphone and you can get a backbone for under £100. You'd lose out on haptics/dualsense features, but would receive a cheaper entry price, superior battery life, better portability and a higher resolution/OLED display in return.

As someone who regularly used Vita for RemotePlay, then my phone with a DualSense, I thought the same. But, I tried one. It's just a much better experience. I experience almost zero lag, it's super fast start up, the screen looks great and the controller feels perfect.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

As someone who regularly used Vita for RemotePlay, then my phone with a DualSense, I thought the same. But, I tried one. It's just a much better experience. I experience almost zero lag, it's super fast start up, the screen looks great and the controller feels perfect.

100%, anyone out there who says differently will absolutely say the same when they finally try one. None of those other solutions really compare, they're like a hodge podge setup where this is an actual legit feeling extention of ps5 for a very affordable price.

 

[Spiral1407]

Because I can watch sports or shows on the tv while playing my PS5 on the Portal. It’s literally ADHD perfection.

Couldn't you also do that with a phone?

So i have an S10 ultra tablet, I have one of the newest iPads as well and I have setup remote play on them and you're absolutely right if that's what you have and can setup, it's great.

With that said the portal feels easily 10x better to pick up and go. For me when I setup my Samsung it was more like I propped it up, had to get my controller.. And sure it was like staring at a small TV but I found it sometimes cumbersome.

The screen on the portal is ABSOLUTELY deceivingly awesome for what it is, I mean it pops and is vibrant as hell, everything looks damn awesome on it. And you litrelly just have such a great pickup and go, turn on experience it's well worth 200 bucks. If it were any more expensive I'd say nope not worth it but 200 is peanuts for what it offers.

I don't know how much more I can say I laughed at it upon its unveiling and when it launched, I was a hater... But I eventually said for 200 bucks not much to lose, tried it and I love it.

Some little details are not felt until you're holding and using it for yourself, and thats why my opinion changed greatly when I finally tried one

You can get controllers that actually attach to the sides of the device, à la the nintendo switch. I got a BackBone recently which only cost around £70 and takes like 5 seconds to set up when I want to use it.
On top of that, most modern phones have OLED displays, which would be far superior to the LCD that the Portal uses. High end phones in particular have super high ppi displays thanks to 1080p+ resolutions, with my phone in particular has 643ppi. If you're after screen quality, phones are just better imo.

As someone who regularly used Vita for RemotePlay, then my phone with a DualSense, I thought the same. But, I tried one. It's just a much better experience. I experience almost zero lag, it's super fast start up, the screen looks great and the controller feels perfect.

The Vita and bluetooth controllers don't really compare to attachable controllers like BackBone either. And lag would depend on your connection rather than the actual device AFAIK. Can you elaborate on why you think its a superior experience, because outside of Dualsense features, I can't think of any other pros.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Couldn't you also do that with a phone?

Yup. And I was for the longest time too. Still do it for my Xbox.

But with the portal, I get a bigger screen and all the perks from using a Dual Sense controller, like haptics, adaptive triggers and motion controls. All those features matter and are missed when gone.

 

[Sooner]

The Vita and bluetooth controllers don't really compare to attachable controllers like BackBone either. And lag would depend on your connection rather than the actual device AFAIK. Can you elaborate on why you think its a superior experience, because outside of Dualsense features, I can't think of any other pros.

It's faster/near immideate boot up (if your PS5 is already on), seems to run better than my phone over the same WiFi, has a big, bright screen that looks much better than my phone and the controller form factor is perfect.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Couldn't you also do that with a phone?

You can get controllers that actually attach to the sides of the device, à la the nintendo switch. I got a BackBone recently which only cost around £70 and takes like 5 seconds to set up when I want to use it.
On top of that, most modern phones have OLED displays, which would be far superior to the LCD that the Portal uses. High end phones in particular have super high ppi displays thanks to 1080p+ resolutions, with my phone in particular has 643ppi. If you're after screen quality, phones are just better imo.

The Vita and bluetooth controllers don't really compare to attachable controllers like BackBone either. And lag would depend on your connection rather than the actual device AFAIK. Can you elaborate on why you think its a superior experience, because outside of Dualsense features, I can't think of any other pros.

But that's the thing using an actual dualsense with the large beautiful screen is a game changer. It just feels about as natural playing for a large handheld as it gets.

It's just a more premier experience, I have every dodad imaginable for gaming mobile like this, I went thru a long experimental process before I bought one playing on my tablets, on my laptop, on my phone, they were all good but when I finally said let me try a portal and it arrived and I was quickly playing it all clicked, it's a great device.

Sure if someone is just hell bent on why not to buy one I get it, there's other ways to play with remote play... But if you finally have one in hand and using it, it all will click and feel perfect for a 200 dollar device

 

[Trogdor1123]

I was totally lost at first. I thought it was portal by valve and then did t understand the 30th anniversary. Haha.

These seem to be far more popular that I had expected. Are there more features on the horizon?

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

I was totally lost at first. I thought it was portal by valve and then did t understand the 30th anniversary. Haha.

These seem to be far more popular that I had expected. Are there more features on the horizon?

Well the nicest feature recently added was cloud streaming which even tho it runs remote plate very well, cloud streaming is a game changer.