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Sony’s PlayStation Portal gives a confusing first impression
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this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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So a smaller screen and to get a good controller that holds a phone, they're $100, or you can get a crap controller for $50 or less.
Then are you going to be using you current phone that will have your gaming screwed up by calls and text messages? Or your old phone that you have to leave plugged in to use because the battery is shot? Also, how are you enjoying your audio lag because your phone doesn't have a headphone jack?
Well, it's still easier and cheaper 🙂
This is incredibly easy to solve, you don't even need hacks.
Gaming on smartphones and emulation on Android exists though.
To be fair that is not that bad, I recently did it with an iPhone 6s to play some old iOS games, gladly the device still holds some hours of gaming.
Also IDK what you mean by the audio thingy, but my phone has a jack port.
Most phones released in the 0ast 5 years have no audio jack, you skipped over answering about the controller. You can't really play ps5 games with touch controls, and you skipped over how incredibly small your iPhone 6s screen is. All olthat you describe would make for terrible gaming.
I never said the iPhone 6S would be a desired way to play PS5 games what the heck.
I just approached the battery life/charger subject with it.
The PlayStation Portal pretty much needs to excel at this because it is the only thing it can do LMAO
I mean, I think it is nice to see it has a very tiny amount of userbase, but still, handhelds are a niche to begin with (more these days), the Switch only helped to attract attention to them, so this is a niche item in a niche segment, that lacks over many other devices.
I just mentioned the phone because I'm pretty sure it is a device you have very close to you, have you ever heard of the Chinese emulator handhelds? Some are basically just Android phones with controllers built in and jack ports, they can do streaming as well and gaming, those unnoficial alternatives already add more value than the PS Portal, especially for the price.