Red Mosquito

Anders wrote:That sounds really cool. Is it as good as the Switch to use? Do the PS5 games look great?

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Anders wrote:That sounds really cool. Is it as good as the Switch to use? Do the PS5 games look great?

I'll give a full report when it arrives after Christmas.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:It’s so wide. Looks unnatural to hold.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:Wait, how do you play it while traveling? I thought one of the big hangups was you had to be on the same local network as your PS5? Did I misunderstand that?

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Wait, how do you play it while traveling? I thought one of the big hangups was you had to be on the same local network as your PS5? Did I misunderstand that?

You can play it on any Wi-Fi network as long as the connection is stronger than 15-20 Mpps or so at both locations (home PS5 and wherever the Portal is connected). It must be connected at all times, however. That might be where your confusion comes from.

Ah, so I could play at a hotel (assuming speed was good) but accessing my PS5 hard drive at home? Or does it stream games from PS+ via your account?

Monkey_Driven wrote:Playstation Portal Impressions:

- Feels like a premium device in terms of build quality and feel, it really does feel like you're holding a DualSense controller
- Screen is merely ok, wish it was an OLED
- Much lighter than expected and the screen is offset lower in your hand than the front of the controllers (compared to a Switch for example)
- Works flawlessly over my local Wi-Fi and while traveling on a stable, non-public connection (experienced very little lag in four different locations)
- The form factor is much better than any Backbone controller I've tried for remote play and I don't have to worry about cooking my phone's battery
- Easy to get connected to my PS5 (takes as little as 45 seconds to power it on, exit rest mode, and start playing)

I've already logged several hours with it around the house and while traveling over the holidays. Really works well as a second screen experience while watching sports or being in the same room as a roommate/family member that is occupying the TV.

Ello Sailor wrote:Any of you jabronis getting THE KING OF IRON FIST TOURNAMENT (Tekken) 8?