We first saw Project Q – Sony’s apparent Switch killer – in May. The handheld gaming machine is now officially called the PlayStation Portal. Sony promises the.
Something to look forward to: Earlier this year, Sony teased us with an upcoming portable streaming device codenamed « Project Q. » Rather than having on-board processing, the device streams content from your PlayStation 5 over WiFi. Today, it revealed an official name, price, additional details, and a release window.
We first saw Project Q – Sony’s apparent Switch killer – in May. The handheld gaming machine is now officially called the PlayStation Portal. Sony promises the device will provide a « PS5 experience » in a portable package. It features an 8-inch LCD, capable of displaying games in 1080p at 60FPS. Its controllers are the same size and shape as the PS5’s DualSense but cut in half and attached to the sides of the screen. However, Sony didn’t mention if the controls were detachable like the Switch’s Joy-Cons.
The most significant difference between the PS Portal and other handheld gaming machines is that it is strictly streaming. It does not need the most potent portable processors because the hosted PS5 handles everything. So internally, it should be very light, mainly requiring WiFi hardware and the PlayStation Link, which we will touch on in a moment.
