The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
Page 97 Showing 1,921-1,940 of 6,726 reviews
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Comfortable Handheld
|
|
Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Love this device. It feels like you are playing locally versus streaming from another device. The form factor feels great in your hand.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
PS portal is alright if you know what you are buying, its generally not its own system it works off your PS5 at home, but recently there was and update that you can stream your digitally purchased games or the free games that come with PS plus so it does make it better how ever you always need an internet connection to use this no matter what....and you also need a internet connection where ever you are and your ps5 is in order to mirror your ps5
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Great device I'm liking the all black look of it. Work well have to have a strong internet connection to make if feel smooth when playing. Don't recommend on competitive PVP games but definitely recommend for PVE and solo games when just relaxing or you want to be away from where you usually game and lay down and play instead
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Honestly I was surprised I was even able to get one! I was on the website at 12am & was seeing it was unavailable, then around 12:20 got on the website again & it was available to add to cart! As soon as I placed my order, I refreshed the page and it was then unavailable! I was so happy I was able to get one! Overall, the Playstation Portal is great, love how big the screen is & super easy to connect to my PS5. There is a bit of a lag on it, don’t know why but not too much of a difference.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Connectivity isn’t the best through the device itself but overall it’s a great concept and love how Sony added the cloud streaming option now but you still need internet requirements for both cloud streaming and console mirroring.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This device is great to have on the go. Works best if you subscribe to Playstation premium and have a MYFI or Hotspot that gives off enough speeds to stream.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I thoroughly enjoy using the PlayStation Portal. I bought it to be able to play while my wife and son watch TV in our living room. Single player games seem to be fine, a little bit of input lag in MLB the show when pitching and swinging. I have not tried FPS games yet. This may not be the best option for competitive games, but if you want to get a gaming session in and you're trying not to always alienate yourself from your family. This is a great option.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works great around the house, but I've tried traveling with it and the wifi couldn't keep up. Wouldn't recommend unless you're gonna play games at home in a different location from your setup.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It’s Excellent, No lag except for a few games and it’s better than ordinary remote play at mobile, I was quite shocked at the gameplay but a bit disappointed by how it lagged a bit for a couple of online games and high quality games, but it has great reactions and excellent graphics and quality.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I’ve really enjoyed the Portal thus far. I had to really be on point when trying to purchase the last couple months with people scalping the hell out of them which is unfortunate for those who are truly interested.
Here are my pros and cons:
Pros:
Portability - not the smallest device but it’s small enough to serve as something you can bring anywhere
Comfort - Dual Sense is one of the best parts of this build. It looks weird, I will not deny that. But it’s so practical you wonder why others haven’t done this.
Screen size is about perfect. Quality is what you’d expect from Sony. Brightness is VERY bright and the color saturation is good.
Speakers are actually pretty good for a portable. Louder than I had expected
I have not experienced any issues with packet loss while playing on my home network. I don’t have anything special for wireless.
Cons:
The lack of first party accessories. I know Sony came out and listed this as more of an experimental product, but I’m a little surprised they didn’t take advantage of providing 1st party accessories. The stuff on Amazon is fine and works (cases and screen protectors), but it would have been nice to have from Sony.
Cost for some may steer them to the backbone.. and although the backbone is a fine product, it doesn’t compare to this for the overall experience. And you don’t have to give up your phone.
Overall for what Sony advertises this product as, it fits the bill perfectly. I don’t think it’s for everyone. People who don’t have a dedicated gaming space like me and often times are splitting the tv amongst your family, this is the closest you can get to perfect. Highly recommended.. until the Vita 2 comes out. One can hope!