The thing thats underrated about the Portal is the Dualsense features. Playing Teardown on this thing and the haptics really help with immersion. I wouldn’t get this to play Spider-Man or nba2k but the slower and smaller games work just fine. It is niche but having a portable PS library for playing indies in bed…to me that’s for the masses and worth the two bills.
Are people starting to realize console gaming is in trouble? The PC company owns the rights to a huge portion of the industry and they don’t know what console gamers want and are forcing a Sub model. This is bad news for consumers and all those cheering M$ and all the acquisitions will be wondering wtf happened to the industry they love in another few years.
This was my most wanted game this year and it hasn’t disappointed. Amazing so far and I’ve only played campaign, there’s a huge mod community and mods on console! Day one and actually polished and worth it.
Meanwhile, Xbox just wants to be turned on.
Exactly, all scalpers did the same in anticipation, this is a shortage driven by scalpers same as PS5. Pre orders were available up to the day before launch, real fans got one, casuals get burned. Just wait until January and pay msrp.
Nintendo is the real competition
This game is incredible and works great on the Portal as its slower paced. Visuals and lighting have me doing a double take at times, especially reflections! Was waiting on this one and it does not disappoint.
Only portable device that can play Balders Gate 3 for more than an hour and a half
Bought Teardown deluxe and it’s amazing, a ton of content and I know I’m gonna have a blast in sandbox mode too. F this pleb rental bs, lol.
I get that and for many they probably feel the same, but for me, I’m not rebuying BG3 and other PC games to be able to play them on the deck. This has better battery life and lets me play PS5 in bed, maybe not important to many but necessity to me lol.
Build quality, screen quality, and battery life all seem to be great, I’m not going to lie, I only game on PS5 and do love Sony products so I’m glad I got mine while I could. Hopefully it arrives soon…as article said; for fans of Sony it’s like Apple products—yeah steam deck and Switch are cool, but for long time fans of Sony and those who love early adopting holiday hardware, this is a must buy imo.
So do a lot of games. Skyrim is the GOAT for player choice and character building and it’s had years of updates. Not really a fair comparison tbh.
Finally getting through that second play through of Skyrim in all its glory…priceless.
Preorder our game day one! Then they release a turd that I wasted $70 on…maybe if games were less expensive and more polished I’d buy more of them. The only thing making most games “worth it” is a steep discount. I may only play it for 10 hours and go on to something else.
If it’s sold out it’s a hot ticket item. Supply and demand and when there’s no supply…
This is the big question, will Sony have a lot of stock before Xmas? I could see these going for $500 if they are sold out everywhere. Seems stock is limited and you can’t get them preordered the last day or two and they aren’t being advertised of TV here in the States that I’ve seen.
I think renters like me living in small apartments where screens are shared, I’m often sent to the bedroom to watch sports and this will get a lot of use! If I had a house I’d have a game room and no need for the portal.
Balders Gate 3 for sure, I hate sitting so far away from my TV to play this game. Also excited for Teardown if it actually releases tomorrow
Agreed but I’ll probably bite if they drop the price for Black Friday
It works great if you have good WiFi and keep PS5 hardwired. Also, use 5ghz channel to not burden other phone/streaming in your home. Still, it’s hard to drain 3’s in 2k or play twitch shooters/heavy action games. There is noticeable lag here and there. Something like Bulders Gate 3, indies, etc., run great and are a blast on the Portal. Haptics are incredible and Dualsense is the best way to game hands down—or on!