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[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Honestly the PS Portal seems extremely expensive for a remote play only device. I feel like the Deck is a much better value proposition with it being able to play games on it's own and work away from your home network.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I agree it is. That said. This isn't an even match, and they are sold as two different use cases. One is a full on computer, the other is literally just a single purpose thin client "portal."

You should consider any bells and whistles that come with a 500+ device, like hdr, showing up on a 200 device a friggin miracle bonus.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, the deck can be a lot cheaper than 500+. Comparing a $350 64GB LCD deck to a $200 PS Portal really favors the Deck. Neither device supports HDR at that price, but the Deck can do so much more than the Portal.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm just gonna drop this comment to say this community seems super disappointing. Just a circle jerk. It's not a competition between your favorite thing and another thing. It's okay for some people to spend less for something else.

I really hate communities that act this way. it's so weird. And for what.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Personally I was just really disappointed with the PS Portal pricing, feels priced far too high for what it is. I think stream only devices can be decent, but they need to be priced more competitively.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Shrug, the thing sold out at that price point. It can be "too expensive" and also the right price for the market.

And honestly, a display, an arm chipset, good wifi, Bluetooth, all the dualsense modules. The cost of production adds up.

There have been a lot of armchair experts around this thing whinging about it, but people who bought them are super happy. Why rain on that parade? Just be cool about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I'm not a PS Portal customer at any price point and I'm a consistent Sony customer. Maybe if they got it down to the $99-$129 range? It just doesn't make any sense to me given the options out there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It's priced badly but idk if I can call it priced unreasonably because it contains a dualsense controller which is expensive as is.