PlayStation Portal Review: Everything you NEED to know

Review and unboxing of the NEW PlayStation Portal, a handheld gaming device that lets you play your PS4 and PS5 games on the move. We’ll look at the design, portability, gaming features, remote play and how it works away from home. AD PlayStation Portal gifted by PlayStation.

Thanks for watching, Chris.

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0:00 | Intro
0:27 | Unboxing
0:53 | Design and Controls
2:35 | Setting it up
3:26 | Screen
4:19 | Gaming
7:16 | Comfort
7:47 | Input delay
8:38 | Away from home?
9:42 | Switching it on/off
10:19 | Fans and Heat
10:35 | Movie streaming
11:00 | Battery
11:29 | User interface
12:25 | Speakers
13:16 | Compared to the others
14:07 | Worth buying?
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[SpawnPoiint]

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[ucnothing]

As a father of two young kids, i believe this product was designed for me. If we have a lazy day around the house, I can let them have the tv and i dont have to wait til they go to bed to play games. Pre-ordered weeks ago.

[Marquiiiss]

I feel like it was a missed opportunity to have this as a stand alone handheld device

[sambutler]

Lot of people definitely might not find a purpose for this but for parents out there, this is gold.

[jameswalker]

I have a Backbone with my iPhone and find myself holding it a little too close to my face due to my screen being so small, so I was glad when I saw how big the screen is. I appreciate this video and your honesty.

[rodrigohyppolito]

You actually can use remote play as a second controller, i've played many times like that. You do remote play as player 1 and use a regular dualshock as player too. You can do the same with xbox. You cant connect directly but you can use as second controller. Its sometimes useful. Another use is for who wants to save cellphone battery using a portal instead. Last advantage is use a pal's console, you dont nees to use it with your own console, as long as not in the same time (on single player games)

[brynamic]

They lost me solely for all the limitations it has for being actually portable. It looks awesome, if it was more like a switch then I would not hesitate to buy.

[storminmay]

Thank you for such a well thought out review, you answered every question I could’ve come up with.

[VwallST]

Can't wait to use it in two days. I dont play multiplayer games anymore, but often I don't want to sit behind my desk to play. Sometimes I just sit downstairs in the living room while my parents watch tv, or when I'm in bed, or in the garden. Now I can play everywhere. I think this device makes me play games 2 times more than usual. I hope it's great. Nice Portal 💙

[yeahiguessman]

Absolutely mind blowing that they won’t allow you to stream any of the cloud games from your PS Plus subscription. Such a strange choice when it seems like a perfect use case for the Portal.

[carlossanchez]

I've been using my iPad pro for this already and I must say I'm impressed how very low lag it produces and has works excellent 👌🏽 for me. I connect either a PS5 controller via bluetooth or straight wire both works GREAT in my experience 😜

[laronleeolds]

This is nice. Long as your system is hooked up at home, you can connect to WiFi & play whatever’s on your system

[GarrettWatts]

The Matilda shot at 6:28 made my day 🥲

[CoffeeStainer]

Thank you for your review. Thank you for focusing on what this device was actually made for. I was 95% sold on this because I have only one big TV in my home and and so I am restricted to gaming for 2 hours a day after work if I'm luck or gaming overnight on weekends when everyone else is sleeping.

With the connectivity question answered, I will definitely try this.

[TreeFiddy]

Great, thorough review! The fact that it doesn't support Bluetooth headphones is mind boggling, otherwise it seems like a cool device.

[ruffrog]

I don't think you can appreciate how good your videos actually are. Very informative and to the point. Keep it up👍🏾

[Fast_Travel_Gamer]

I absolutely need one of these! I have used a lot of remote play on my phone and this is going to be a real game changer for me!

[chitan]

I honestly would have nearly paid $400 for a new PlayStation handheld that could natively play the entire PS4 back catalog as well as stream the PS5 (or play lower-spec PS5 games). Knowing things like the Steam Deck are more powerful than the PS4, it's more than possible, and because it's Sony, they have the ability to shrink the die of a PS4 APU to make it much more power efficient.

[TheProlificTree]

Definitely picking this up, it’s a must cop for a Dad who games

[markdermody]

Nice Portal, it does look great and at £200 might be worth it, but as you have said, more so if they open it up to the Direct Streaming from the Gaming Cloud then yes it would then become more versatile and thus more worth the money, even though as you point out about the 'Backbone' and if that is worth £100 then unreservedly it is worth the money in that case!