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Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella.bsky.social)

Ended up being a great holiday period for PlayStation Portal in the US. It finished the year with an over 4% attach rate to PS5's lifetime installed base and ranked 1st among accessories in 2024 dollar sales. Attach rate finished about a full percentage point higher than I'd expected. Good stuff.

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[Diseased Yak]

Great news, love my Portal!

Excited to see what the next revision of it brings us.

 

[nial]

It's very close to selling 1M units in the US, right?

 

[nial]

Actually, it probably crossed the 1M mark already.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

4% isn't bad especially given that cloud streaming is still in beta.

I feel like the Portal sold as a Cloud player has way more sales potential than a Remote player.

Certainly not the DOA product many of us, myself included thought it would be. I certainly wouldn't buy it, but it's important that we start seeing that the market around us is changing and we're not all necessarily representative of the market.

 

[Hustler]

If it's an attach rate of 4%, that means total global sales are over 2.6 million now. Nice! Love my Portal and how they continue to support this device.

 

[nial]

If it's an attach rate of 4%, that means total global sales are over 2.6 million now. Nice! Love my Portal and how they continue to support this device.

In the US, though. We don't know the attach rate globally.

 

[Cornbread78]

Portal is exactly what I asked them to make. Still a bit pricy imo, but I use it everyday to game & love it

 

[onQ123]

If it's an attach rate of 4%, that means total global sales are over 2.6 million now. Nice! Love my Portal and how they continue to support this device.

You can't really apply the US market to the whole world though.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Has Sony ever come out and talked about the attach rate for the PSVR2? I need that thing not to be DOA. When all VR headsets do well, we all win.

 

[Mr Moose]

What's the total sales of PS5 in the US?

 

[Trogdor1123]

That is far better than I was expecting wow.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Good to see. Love the device. (It's perfect if you have a family that regularly occupies the tv)

So much, that I pre-ordered the Midnight Black Portal.

Then again, the right-stick of my Portal went dead on january 12th, just in time for the pre-orders for the black one that went up on the 16th.

It must've been fate.

 

[Horseganador]

It's the same as always, one thing is what is said in forums and another is what happens in the real world, PS portal has sold quite well.

 

[mckmas8808]

4% isn't bad especially given that cloud streaming is still in beta.

I feel like the Portal sold as a Cloud player has way more sales potential than a Remote player.

Certainly not the DOA product many of us, myself included thought it would be. I certainly wouldn't buy it, but it's important that we start seeing that the market around us is changing and we're not all necessarily representative of the market.

We told ya lol! The PS Portal always made sense.

 

[Imtjnotu]

You can't really apply the US market to the whole world though.

You're right. It's at 8 million total

 

[diffusionx]

I have to take an L on this one, I thought it was the stupidest thing imaginable and still do tbh, but obviously many people like it.

 

[mckmas8808]

What's the total sales of PS5 in the US?

At least 25 million sold.

I have to take an L on this one, I thought it was the stupidest thing imaginable and still do tbh, but obviously many people like it.

I never understood why people like yourself ever thought this way. It's hardware that literally allows you to play your PS5 games on the go or anywhere in your house. Fundamentally......how is that stupid?

 

[Mr Moose]

At least 25 million sold.



I never understood why people like yourself ever thought this way. It's hardware that literally allows you to play your PS5 games on the go or anywhere in your house. Fundamentally......how is that stupid?

At least 1 million sold in the US then, pretty good.

 

[Rambone]

I love my portal.

I didn't at first, it didn't work very well with my launch PS5 and showed signs of poor connectivity. I was getting severe artifacting, drops in resolution and quality until it would disconnect from my PS5. This would happen in the span of 5-15 minutes so it was near unplayable. Decided to hang onto it hoping firmware updates would help. I ended up selling my PS5 and upgraded to the PS5 PRO and now it works flawlessly and I couldn't be happier. The screen on this thing is damn good and rivals that of my Switch OLED.

 

[diffusionx]

I never understood why people like yourself ever thought this way. It's hardware that literally allows you to play your PS5 games on the go or anywhere in your house. Fundamentally......how is that stupid?

It's remote play, you can use the same tech as an app on your phone, and it's a "handheld" that uses dual sense tech that notoriously drifts like crazy.

$200 for a remote play app attached to a controller that will likely drift, that's why.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

I almost bought one. Ended up not thinking I’d get much use out of it. Plus idk how something like Rivals would play on it.

 

[mckmas8808]

It's remote play, you can use the same tech as an app on your phone, and it's a "handheld" that uses dual sense tech that notoriously drifts like crazy.

$200 for a remote play app attached to a controller that will likely drift, that's why.

- $200 isn't a lot of money. A lot of people that can afford a PS5 for $500 and to also buy games for $70, can easily afford a $200 device.
- The Remote Play app on a phone sucks because now I can't use my phone and the screen is only 6" big.
- I and many others haven't had issues with controller drift


So I can understand why the device isn't for you. And I can understand why the Portal may not seem like the best hardware ever created. But to call it the "stupidest thing imaginable"...........is a bit much. Xbox Kinect was clearly dumber than the Portal and that sold well too.

We've seen alot of stupid things in the video game's space, the Portal at worse should be a neutral thing.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I have to take an L on this one, I thought it was the stupidest thing imaginable and still do tbh, but obviously many people like it.

And the best thing about it, is that due to RP it can be used on future consoles without any issues.

 

[crackajack]

I never understood why people like yourself ever thought this way. It's hardware that literally allows you to play your PS5 games on the go or anywhere in your house. Fundamentally......how is that stupid?

because without cloud play it was in wii-u territory.

Once PS+ is added to it, I see the benefit over a regular tablet and dualsense. Although I also think Sony should have a PC-tier and Android-tier exactly for streaming to everything. They could call it PS Now. lol

 

[Thief1987]

What's the total sales of PS5 in the US?

Estimate at 24.6 million iirc

 

[AmuroChan]

It's remote play, you can use the same tech as an app on your phone, and it's a "handheld" that uses dual sense tech that notoriously drifts like crazy.

$200 for a remote play app attached to a controller that will likely drift, that's why.

Looking at how popular the backbone was, I knew the Portal would be a hit. That was a $100 accessory with a monthly subscription if you want to use all of its features. So a portal for $200 is a no-brainer for someone like me who had the Backbone, but didn't really like using my phone to play. I play on the Portal more than I play on my TV.

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

If it's an attach rate of 4%, that means total global sales are over 2.6 million now. Nice! Love my Portal and how they continue to support this device.

Unfortunately it's highly unlikely for global sales to match the attach rate of US besides maybe EU. Still 1 million in US only is a brilliant result and unexpected, imo.

Has Sony ever come out and talked about the attach rate for the PSVR2? I need that thing not to be DOA. When all VR headsets do well, we all win.

That is unfortunately already dead. It's a good piece of hardware but was just too expensive and without enough support. Another vita, honestly. If it has more support from Sony, especially in regards to games like they did with gt7, it could've been successful. It's a shame that Sony never tried to prop it up.

 

[Cornbread78]

I love my portal.

I didn't at first, it didn't work very well with my launch PS5 and showed signs of poor connectivity. I was getting severe artifacting, drops in resolution and quality until it would disconnect from my PS5. This would happen in the span of 5-15 minutes so it was near unplayable. Decided to hang onto it hoping firmware updates would help. I ended up selling my PS5 and upgraded to the PS5 PRO and now it works flawlessly and I couldn't be happier. The screen on this thing is damn good and rivals that of my Switch OLED.

I wasn't having as many issues as you with my base PS5, but I noticed a huge performance boost with my Pro as well!

 

[lh032]

 

[mayham2199]

I almost bought one. Ended up not thinking I’d get much use out of it. Plus idk how something like Rivals would play on it.

You can always buy it from like BB and then return it if you don't like it. That's what I did. I plan to get one again but for now I just didn't need it.

 

[fart town usa]

I still don't understand why people poo poo the remote play aspect and prefer the cloud. You need internet for both. Just seems like people being salty for the sake of being salty. The cloud aspect on Portal is more limited than remote play, no UI, no friend list, etc.

I love the Portal, it's an awesome device and I'll be using it this weekend while I'm out of town. I also use it while I'm at home.

 

[EN250]

Has Sony ever come out and talked about the attach rate for the PSVR2? I need that thing not to be DOA. When all VR headsets do well, we all win.

That thing being ded long time bro, let it go, I don't see them even bothering with a PSVR3 for next gen or whatever...

 

[Hustler]

In the US, though. We don't know the attach rate globally.

They already announced it sold over 2 million globally. I get not being able to reapply, but it's not far off.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Over the holidays I gifted one, tried it out and fell in love with it so got the midnight black on pre-order. Other folks who've tried it in our circle have also decided to get one.
I did not expect how popular this ended up becoming lol.

 

[jumpship]

At least 25 million sold.



I never understood why people like yourself ever thought this way. It's hardware that literally allows you to play your PS5 games on the go or anywhere in your house. Fundamentally......how is that stupid?

Exactly.

Goes along with people complaining that the portal is just "a dualsense with a screen in the middle". And I'm thinking fuck yeah, that exactly what I want in a PS handheld.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Enthusiast site consensus being wrong about something? That rarely happens.

Glad this took off despite the "who asked for this?" crowd.

 

[nial]

They already announced it sold over 2 million globally.

Huh, when?

 

[SEGAvangelist]

People just can't get enough of playing in the portal.

 

[Mr Moose]

Huh, when?

It's using faulty data.

MSN

According to data from market research firm Circana, 3% of PS5 owners have picked up the PlayStation Portal as of late 2024. This isn’t a huge amount to go off of, however we do know that the PS5 has sold 65.5 million units globally. 3% of this figure equates to 1.965 million PlayStation Portal owners, indicating that it has been pretty successful overall despite some concerns that it would be too niche to make much of an impact.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

As long as you’re not needing super twitch gameplay it’s perfectly suitable.

 

[Rival]

I love my portal though I don’t use it so much now that I bought a Pro that I use in my bedroom where I used to typically use the portal. Laying in bed at night with all the lights off I found it to be really immersive. I played through LoU 2 completely on the portal and loved every minute of it. Especially Abby’s big sexy biceps.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

I'm so damn tempted to get one of these so I can just sit on the sofa and play some PS while the mrs is watching tv. Haven't done much research into it though so does the PS5 need to be on or can it be in rest mode?

 

[Bert Big Balls]

Enthusiast site consensus being wrong about something? That rarely happens.

Glad this took off despite the "who asked for this?" crowd.

I can't stand it every time I see "who asked for this?" - who asked for fucking anything? But hey, look at all the shit you can go out and buy. Strange, that.

 

[Trogdor1123]

So, does this increase or decrease the chances of a proper portable?

 

[Skifi28]

It's amazing for playing slower paced games in bed.

 

[ReBurn]

I really enjoy the PS Portal. Way more than I actually thought I would. Good to see it hanging in there.

 

[ReBurn]

I'm so damn tempted to get one of these so I can just sit on the sofa and play some PS while the mrs is watching tv. Haven't done much research into it though so does the PS5 need to be on or can it be in rest mode?

You leave your console in rest mode and the portal wakes it up when it makes the remote play request. It's also better to have your PS5 wired via ethernet because starting a download via portal when PS5 was on WiFi was a poor experience for me.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

because without cloud play it was in wii-u territory.

Once PS+ is added to it, I see the benefit over a regular tablet and dualsense. Although I also think Sony should have a PC-tier and Android-tier exactly for streaming to everything. They could call it PS Now. lol

How would it be in Wii-U territory?
It's literally just a DualSense and a screen combined.

Though cloud-streaming can turn it into one.

 

[Hustler]

Huh, when?

If you google total sales, this number comes up. Sony announced in December that 3% of global PS5 users had purchased a PS Portal.