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[cormack12]

Source: https://www.gamefile.news/p/playstation-portal-peak-time-interview-ps5




The most popular time of day for PlayStation Portal owners to use their portable streaming device is 9pm, a Sony executive tells Game File.

That's an hour later than the peak playing time for PlayStation 5 users.
Portal players might be night owls.
But Sony has a better theory.

"This could suggest scenarios like users playing on the console first, then later switching to PS Portal to play in another room—courtesy of PS Portal's characteristics like the ability to play in another room—while their family is using the TV," Hiromi Wakai, vice president of product management at Sony Interactive Entertainment, recently told me over email.

 

[ReBurn]

Sony watching when I play video games is kind of creepy.

 

[Valt7786]

Yeah thats about time the wives/GF's kick their men off their enjoyment machine so they can watch some garbage.

 

[Skifi28]

I'm at bed after 22:00, half-watching something silly and firing up the portal.

 

[Dacvak]

I'd pick one of these up if they ever dropped to $99. Maybe I can find a used one on ebay in a month.

 

[Trilobit]

PS players sneaking in some extra gaming in bed.

 

[Punished Miku]

Wow.

 

[onQ123]

I'd pick one of these up if they ever dropped to $99. Maybe I can find a used one on ebay in a month.

How do you put a price limit on something you don't own yet?

If $200 is going to bother you $100 will also bother you . The controller by itself is $74 why would they sell a product that has the controller plus more for $100 .

 

[clarky]

Looks like this thing has a native Redtube app?

 

[Forsete]

My friend got one of these, and he was showing it using his mobile phone hotspot (5G) and I was very impressed with the input lag.

 

[64gigabyteram]

handhelds are perfect for night gaming. There's a reason you see all those memes about kids getting caught with their DS in bed because of Mario saying "bye-bye!"

 

[Dacvak]

How do you put a price limit on something you don't own yet?

….?? Isn't that how anyone decides if they want to buy something or not?

What do you do, buy a product at any price and then decide if you're going to return it or something?

 

[onQ123]

….?? Isn't that how anyone decides if they want to buy something or not?

What do you do, buy a product at any price and then decide if you're going to return it or something?

If you feel that it's not worth it at $200 you will also feel that way if you spend $100 because after a few weeks you'll not really thinking about the price , it's either you like it or not.

When it comes to electronics I get the product that I feel I will be happy with. I don't look at it & say that it has to be a certain price for me to get it.

Portal is selling great & it doesn't have a native software base that needs to be extended so good luck on waiting for that $100 price drop . A price drop like that is years away if it does happen.

 

[Radical_3d]

The sad reality of households.

 

[Dacvak]

If you feel that it's not worth it at $200 you will also feel that way if you spend $100 because after a few weeks you'll not really thinking about the price , it's either you like it or not.

When it comes to electronics I get the product that I feel I will be happy with. I don't look at it & say that it has to be a certain price for me to get it.

Portal is selling great & it doesn't have a native software base that needs to be extended so good luck on waiting for that $100 price drop . A price drop like that is years away if it does happen.

That's fine. That product is worth $100 to me, so if it drops that low, I'll probably get it.

 

[onQ123]

That's fine. That product is worth $100 to me, so if it drops that low, I'll probably get it.

It's worth $0 to some people but do you think these people should be in threads that has nothing to do with the price posting about how they will buy it if it was $0 ?

 

[Barakov]

Makes sense.

 

[StereoVsn]

Hmm… and it appears Pornhub use on Sony consoles was growing with great momentum over last year (there was a thread). Coincidence? I think not!

 

[Unknown?]

Sony watching when I play video games is kind of creepy.

Welcome to the internet, anything connected to your WiFi is watching you.

 

[Bry0]

That probably makes the product people at Sony very happy.

 

[AmuroChan]

Makes total sense. I play my portal in bed most nights before I sleep.

 

[Imtjnotu]

Sony watching when I play video games is kind of creepy.

Joke post right?

 

[Valonquar]

Shortly after that usage slows down, we see an uptick in porn browsing on iOS and Android.

 

[mckmas8808]

This isn't too surprising.

 

[Celcius]

Joke post right?

I know all the companies do it and it makes sense but I kinda do agree with him, Sony be creeping

 

[Bert Big Balls]

How do you put a price limit on something you don't own yet?

What?

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Sony watching when I play video games is kind of creepy.

Really? Every single device you use that's connected to the internet will be doing some sort of telemetry on you. All in the terms and conditions that you sign away when you use their service.

 

[onQ123]

What?

There is no other PlayStation Portal & he doesn't own one yet he has come up with the price that it needs to be.

 

[adamsapple]

There is no other PlayStation Portal & he doesn't own one yet he has come up with the price that it needs to be.

Isn't that exactly what almost everyone says when they say they'll wait for a game to go on sale?

 

[onQ123]

Isn't that exactly what almost everyone says when they say they'll wait for a game to go on sale?

But we have been buying games all our lives & know they will go on sale after a few months or during the holidays every year. But even then most of the people saying this is saying it to slight the game as to say it's not worth the full price.

 

[Bert Big Balls]

There is no other PlayStation Portal & he doesn't own one yet he has come up with the price that it needs to be.

It's no different to people waiting for a game to go on sale because they don't want to pay full price. Which, newsflash, happens a fucking lot here. I genuinely don't see the issue.

 

[onQ123]

It's no different to people waiting for a game to go on sale because they don't want to pay full price. Which, newsflash, happens a fucking lot here. I genuinely don't see the issue.

There is no issue with waiting for stuff to go on sale but there is issue with popping up in threads that have nothing to do with the price just to say it should be a different price.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Portal players might be night owls.
But Sony has a better theory.

"This could suggest scenarios like users playing on the console first, then later switching to PS Portal to play in another room—courtesy of PS Portal's characteristics like the ability to play in another room—while their family is using the TV," Hiromi Wakai, vice president of product management at Sony Interactive Entertainment, recently told me over email.

People with Portal have KIDS, so they play Portal in bed exhausted after the whole day WHEN KIDS GO TO SLEEP. I CBA to power up my PS5 when I have a Steam Deck I can play in cosy bed.

 

[jm89]

It's the only viable way to play stellar blade around the family. Thank Sony.