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The GCloud and the Razer Edge are both significantly more expensive than the PS Portal if I recall correctly though. The Abxylute does seem similar in price, al

by ejj28 3y ago

The GCloud and the Razer Edge are both significantly more expensive than the PS Portal if I recall correctly though. The Abxylute does seem similar in price, although I'm guessing the PS Portal likely has better controls (being essentially a Dualsense split in half) and maybe a better screen. Also yeah, Steam Link would work too but Moonlight/Sunshine generally seems to work better.

rcarmo 3y ago
You can get second-hand G Cloud devices on eBay without a lot of trouble - that's what I did, and it was pretty cheap considering the excellent screen: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/02/03/2000 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/02/03/2000
- rcarmo 3y ago
  Why the downvote? This is completely factual and on point.
  - solardev 3y ago
    Times like these, I wish we had informational modifiers to the downvotes and upvotes, like Slashdot's "+1 Insightful" or "-1 Offtopic", etc. Sometimes I wonder if there's just random vote fuzzing going on too, lol, whether by actual bots or just some sort of obfuscation algorithm. Some of my posts go up or down mere seconds after posting, seemingly too quick for anyone to read... shrug.
solardev 3y ago
I see. Yeah, $200 seems like a great price point for that device and build quality. Too bad it's locked to PS games! Just Sony being Sony, sigh.
- yurishimo 3y ago
  It doesn't even play games though; it streams them from your console over wifi.
  - solardev 3y ago
    So's the GCloud, and I paid like $250 for that. At least the PS Portal has better ergonomics, and maybe the screen is nicer too, hard to tell from the pictures.
- ErneX 3y ago
  It’s a streaming device to play the games from your PS5 remotely. Just an accessory.
  - solardev 3y ago
    Right, which is why it's a bummer (not that it doesn't play games locally, but that it doesn't even work with other streaming services like GeForce Now, GamePass/xCloud, Shadow, etc.). The "streaming only handheld" isn't uncommon anymore (like in the GP: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436797), but most of those are service-agnostic and let you pick where you want to stream from. The Portal is locked to PS, as far as I can tell... not sure if it even supports PSNow (Sony's cloud streaming solution)?

by ejj28 3y ago

rcarmo 3y ago

You can get second-hand G Cloud devices on eBay without a lot of trouble - that's what I did, and it was pretty cheap considering the excellent screen: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/02/03/2000 https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2024/02/03/2000

rcarmo 3y ago
Why the downvote? This is completely factual and on point.
- solardev 3y ago
  Times like these, I wish we had informational modifiers to the downvotes and upvotes, like Slashdot's "+1 Insightful" or "-1 Offtopic", etc. Sometimes I wonder if there's just random vote fuzzing going on too, lol, whether by actual bots or just some sort of obfuscation algorithm. Some of my posts go up or down mere seconds after posting, seemingly too quick for anyone to read... shrug.

solardev 3y ago

I see. Yeah, $200 seems like a great price point for that device and build quality. Too bad it's locked to PS games! Just Sony being Sony, sigh.

yurishimo 3y ago
It doesn't even play games though; it streams them from your console over wifi.
- solardev 3y ago
  So's the GCloud, and I paid like $250 for that. At least the PS Portal has better ergonomics, and maybe the screen is nicer too, hard to tell from the pictures.
ErneX 3y ago
It’s a streaming device to play the games from your PS5 remotely. Just an accessory.
- solardev 3y ago
  Right, which is why it's a bummer (not that it doesn't play games locally, but that it doesn't even work with other streaming services like GeForce Now, GamePass/xCloud, Shadow, etc.). The "streaming only handheld" isn't uncommon anymore (like in the GP: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436797 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436797), but most of those are service-agnostic and let you pick where you want to stream from. The Portal is locked to PS, as far as I can tell... not sure if it even supports PSNow (Sony's cloud streaming solution)?