PlayStation Portal Avails Pre-Order With a Promising Start, Exceeds All Analytical Projections in Japan
https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-playstation-portal-avails-pre-order-with-a-promising-start-exceeds-all-analytical-projections-in-japan/
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ekZepp@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
I'm confuse. Feel free to correct me but, can we call this a console? Isn't this just a glorify wi-fi monitor with commands who need the ps5 to do everything?
CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Yeah, definitely a peripheral and not a console.
WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Gotta ride that Switch train somehow
echo64@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
the part that makes it more blurry is that cloud gaming is gonna be more of a thing, and this is basically that. is a switch playing resident evil village not a console? it's just streaming the game after all.
right now I think we all agree this is just an accessory, but it's a weird time
slimerancher@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I wonder if there are people who are buying this because they think it's an actual handheld console.
CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It's definitely a non-zero number
d00ery@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Does the AI writer not know about PS Vita and PS Portable?
Destraight@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
This article says that this device is sooooo great, but yet they never showed the specs on it. The only info I got from this is that it has an 8inch screen
CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
yeah, they are being tight lipped on it. Going to have to wait for reviews and breakdowns
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
How many units before they were “sold out”? Is there a number? Maybe Sony estimated 1 million preorders but 2 million preordered, just for an example. Also, how can you be “sold out” for preorders. Just give them a later shipping date.
All this “sold out” is just for marketing. I could build only 10 and be sold out.
Jase001@mastodon.social · 1 pts · 2y
@IamAnonymous @CosmicSploogeDrizzle was bummed the Portal sold out on Amazon US, but they still have some on Amazon UK. Shipping was too bad to Australia!
IamAnonymous@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
It’s available directly from USA PlayStation website.
Jase001@mastodon.social · 1 pts · 2y
@IamAnonymous I don’t believe they ship to Aus :( :(
thatsage@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Struggling to see the use case for this still. Outside of households with 1 TV maybe?
Or maybe a lot of people are actually using remote play on their phones and Sony knows there's demand for this with a better device...
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
I was hoping this would be an updated port of Portal, but I guess not.