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Sony has officially unveiled the PlayStation Portal, and as a cloud-exclusive Remote Play handheld device, it’s obviously got a few caveats attached. The fact that it can’t play native games – or any native media – is, of course, one of them, while it’s also been confirmed that even the cloud library of PlayStation Plus Premium won’t be supported.

In addition, it’s also been confirmed that the PlayStation Portal won’t have Bluetooth. As reported by The Verge, that means users won’t be able to pair the PS5’s Pulse 3D wireless headset with the handheld device. The newly-revealed Pulse Elite headset and Pulse Explorer earbuds will be supported, but you’ll have to connect them using Remote Play. If you want to use them on a PS5, you’ll have to do so via a USB adapter.

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[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who is the target audience for this thing? I really don't see the market for it.

[–] Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Who is the target audience for this thing?

Clueless parents

[–] TwilightVulpine@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"There you go son, the Nintendo Plaything that you wanted! "

[–] Karak@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That is a great argument for knock-off movies and shitty licensed games because they're cheap. You'd have to be living a pretty comfortable life to cluelessly buy a console.

[–] Natanael 1 points 1 year ago

If it can be jailbroken it would be nice for streaming more than just PS5 games, plus emulation