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The hack won't be released anytime soon according to him.

It has 6 GB of built-in, available storage:

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

Does the portal have any inbuilt storage, or can it be added?

 

[leo-j]

That’s huge tbh

 

[Blood Borne]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

 

[Saber]

Aways found Portal silly and kinda stupid.
But this right there is some very interesting stuff.

 

[//DEVIL//]

What is the processor behind this device ? If it's lower than the ps mini then kinda pointless

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

How so? I love emulators as much as the next guy but is there enough processing power here and what about storage?
I hope you’re right as this would be cool

 

[GHG]

This will end up being closer to what they should have launched this device as.

There's no reason why it shouldn't be able to play PS1, PS2 and PSP games natively via an emulator.

 

[ReyBrujo]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

The ~800mb free memory limits the amount of software you can use there though.

 

[Hugare]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

How so?

Neat to see, but the hardware on this thing is probably terrible for native emulation

But its cool on a "Doom running on a fridge" kind of way

 

[analog_future]

If the mod community can figure out how to allow the Portal to stream via Moonlight/Geforce Now/Xbox Cloud Gaming/etc.. as well as offer some native emulation, this device becomes a whole lot more interesting.

 

[Three]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

Yeah, if you can find it in stock somewhere.

 

[GHG]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

How would this be better than the deck or any of the recent windows handheld devices?

 

[Imtjnotu]

Does the portal have any inbuilt storage, or can it be added?

it has to have storage for the OS but i dont see it having room to hold games.

maybe 4-5gb but if i remember, liberty city stories is around 400mb on PSP

 

[tommib]

How would this be better than the deck or any of the recent windows handheld devices?

Dualsense controller?

 

[Puscifer]

I don't get it, it's like jailbreaking an iPhone just to make it do the things you want that Android does out of the box. Just get a steam deck and save yourself the headache.

 

[GHG]

Dualsense controller?

That's only really relevant for games that support it though, which are predominantly PS5 and some more recent PC games.

For everything else, having more powerful hardware along with an OS that you can work with is more important for emulation and staying on top of things as they get updated.

 

[Hugare]

If the mod community can figure out how to allow the Portal to stream via Moonlight/Geforce Now/Xbox Cloud Gaming/etc.. as well as offer some native emulation, this device becomes a whole lot more interesting.

Not really

For the price you could have way better devices that are focused on emulation, like the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro, that would offer way better performance, battery life, software compatibility etc.

$100 more and you would be on Steam Deck / Odin 2 territory. They would blow this thing out of the water.

Its just cool for the novelty of hacking it. But it's kinda worthless.

 

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What is the processor behind this device ? If it's lower than the ps mini then kinda pointless

The hack is nothing more than a cool curiosity in my mind. There are devices with tons of input/output/storage/etc options on the market these days.

 

[JordiENP]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

 

[Little Chicken]

I don't get it, it's like jailbreaking an iPhone just to make it do the things you want Android does out of the box. Just get a steam deck and save yourself the headache.

Or an Xbox Series console

 

[tommib]

That's only really relevant for games that support it though, which are predominantly PS5 and some more recent PC games.

Sure, but even without the enhancements it’s still one hell of bargain to get a handheld with a 1:1 PS5 controller - at least for people like me who think it’s the most comfortable controller around.

 

[GHG]

Sure, but even without the enhancements it’s still one hell of bargain to get a handheld with a 1:1 PS5 controller - at least for people like me who think it’s the most comfortable controller around.

Personally I think the device is way overpriced for what it is, but that's just me.

 

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Or an Xbox Series console

That's not exactly a handheld device, is it. Although I only just found out the Moonlight app is available in retail mode (and has been since 2021), so you can stream anything you want to it.

 

[analog_future]

Not really

For the price you could have way better devices that are focused on emulation, like the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro, that would offer way better performance, battery life, software compatibility etc.

$100 more and you would be on Steam Deck / Odin 2 territory. They would blow this thing out of the water.

Its just cool for the novelty of hacking it. But it's kinda worthless.

Sure, but if this was opened up to all streaming platforms, it'd probably be the most attractive streaming handheld on the market over the current champ, the Logitech G Cloud.

As is, it's an extremely limited device with literally one usecase (and is still somehow selling well?).

 

[Agent X]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

This will end up being closer to what they should have launched this device as.

There's no reason why it shouldn't be able to play PS1, PS2 and PSP games natively via an emulator.

I agree with both of you.

Perhaps the publicity of this development will light a fire under Sony's rear end, and inspire them to truly "unlock" the full potential of this device.

 

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It only has 6 GB of available storage:

 

[MarkMe2525]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

I doubt this unfortunately.

Edit: I should specify why and that is because of the internal components. The components do their current asked tasks wonderfully, but storing psp games and running at close to good performance will be an issue. It probably would do a good job up to ps1, but then file size becomes an issue.

 

[TVexperto]

is there a reason he wont release it?

 

[Puscifer]

Or an Xbox Series console

Nah

Why buy a closed PC?

 

[Hugare]

Sure, but if this was opened up to all streaming platforms, it'd probably be the most attractive streaming handheld on the market over the current champ, the Logitech G Cloud.

As is, it's an extremely limited device with literally one usecase (and is still somehow selling well?).

That's the power of the PS brand, my guy. Not indicative of the product's quality.

As I've mentioned, Retroid Pocket 4 Pro can run up to PS2/GC natively, in a pocket format, with good battery life and better internal storage for the same price. Plus it can run all the streaming platforms available.

Paying $200 for a device that can just do streaming is nuts, imo (or emulation of old devices only). You have way better devices for way less.

 

[ReyBrujo]

I don't get it, it's like jailbreaking an iPhone just to make it do the things you want Android does out of the box. Just get a steam deck and save yourself the headache.

For hackers it's not about running games there but the thrill of understanding how something works and outsmarting hundreds to thousands of engineers making it do things they didn't expect it to do.
For players, yeah, get a Steam deck.

 

[willothedog]

incoming firmware update imminent to block whatever backdoor they found, unless it is inherent to the hardware like the first gen of Switch.

 

[MScarpa]

Lets get Gamepass on it!!

 

[N30RYU]

Ok PS portal is officially another screen for Xbox now

 

[Hudo]

Hey, now it may actually be worth the price.

 

[LordBlodgett]

I mean this is cool but most other handhelds in the price range already do this and with better specs, so I guess it's just for those who already have one and are not going to use it for it's intended purpose??

 

[radewagon]

As cool as this is, I don't see the advantage over a device like the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro or the upcoming Anbernic RG556 (which will have an AMOLED screen). And those are just the new hotness. Emulation handhelds have been kind of amazing for a while now. You just have to make sure you get one of the good models since there's an avalanche of releases out there.

 

[Fake]

Is beyond stupid Sony not doing so.

 

[analog_future]

As cool as this is, I don't see the advantage over a device like the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro or the upcoming Anbernic RG556 (which will have an AMOLED screen). And those are just the new hotness. Emulation handhelds have been kind of amazing for a while now. You just have to make sure you get one of the good models since there's an avalanche of releases out there.

The advantage is a much larger screen & built in Dualsense.

But yeah, still a limited appeal unless you just want a dedicated streaming device.

 

[CrustyBritches]

PPSSPP is considered pretty lightweight these days. It's somewhere in between PS1 and PS2. The cutting-edge stuff is Switch and PS3. If you're into emulation on a bigger system get a Deck. If you want it on the go get something from Retroid or Anbernic.

 

[Spukc]

This could easily become the best handheld retro/emulator machine ever made.

 

[AV]

It'll be so funny if people buy this thing en masse just as a retro machine. PSP 2!

 

[ReBurn]

It'll be so funny if people buy this thing en masse just as a retro machine. PSP 2!

Sony would have to make some available for purchase to be able to sell it en masse. I'm still waiting on PlayStation Direct to have them in stock.

 

[proandrad]

Just get a steam deck.

 

[Alexios]

I guess it's neat for existing owners to get some use out of it but yeah, not something to get for this use at all.

What is the processor behind this device ? If it's lower than the ps mini then kinda pointless

Snapdragon 680 or something like that, pretty crummy, would probably be better off getting a controller shell or whatever for your phone, easier to install the emulators and stuff on it too.

 

[AREYOUOKAY?]

It'll be so funny if people buy this thing en masse just as a retro machine. PSP 2!

It’s about as useful as the hacked Mario and Zelda Game & Watch systems. Sure it could do most of the really old systems but good luck fitting anything PlayStation related without taking it apart and somehow giving it more space.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Neat, but getting your hands on a Vita is still the best way to play PSP games.

 

[Beechos]

Sony would have to make some available for purchase to be able to sell it en masse. I'm still waiting on PlayStation Direct to have them in stock.

Ps direct had em avail for like a whole day couple of days ago. Maybe the shortage might be coming to and end.

 

[ReBurn]

Ps direct had em avail for like a whole day couple of days ago. Maybe the shortage might be coming to and end.

I hope so. I had to return the one I bought at launch because it was damaged in shipping and I don't want it bad enough to pay the $50 eBay markup.