PlayStation Portal: a portable console to play anytime where. in the House

Given its very wide atypical format of legitimate questions arise as for its ergonomice and its global comfort. The distribution of the masses will be a key element to guarantee a good prolonged gaming experience.

Sony PlayStation Concept Q: Real portable or simple peripheral console ?

Unveiled during the PlayStation Showcase of May 24, the Project Q portable console is still partly mysterious. We know that it offers the possibility of running PS5 games in nomadic mode, although it has certain limitations.

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Since the premature judgment of PS Vita in 2019, Sony seemed to have definitively abandoned the portable console market. This is why the announcement of Project Q, which is that it is true by a few rumors, surprised the community. This console, designed to perform PS5 games, has an almost identical design to that of the official dualsense controller, with all its features such as the touch panel, adaptive triggers and haptic returns.

Its portable appearance is reinforced by the presence of a beautiful 8 -inch screen displaying a resolution of 720p and clocked at 60 Hz. If we only base ourselves on these technical considerations, the Project Q seems to be well equipped for Sony to regain its place on the portable console market.

Not so nomadic as that

Be careful, if you thought the Project Q will allow you to undermine the tyranny of Odin in God of War Ragnarok, or annihilate the threat of machines Horizon Zero Dawn Forbidden West Live from the beach, you may have to think about it twice. Indeed, the project Q is not as autonomous as a Nintendo Switch can be, which can run games without being connected to another machine or to the Internet. The Q project is more from the deported screen since it needs to be connected to a PS5 to express its potential.

It is the living room console that takes care of the calculations and the results are transcribed on the screen of the Project Q. In return, the player’s manipulations on the Project Q controller are sent to the PS5, and so on. For everything to be playable, it is therefore necessary to connect to the stable and muscular Internet, which is not necessarily the case where the project Q would be the most useful: outside the home, in public transport for example. What is more, the last rumors evoke an autonomy after all limited from 3 to 4 h. Let us repeat, these are only assumptions, that Sony has neither confirmed nor infirm.

Console or peripheral ?

We are finally far from a device that would be enough for itself, like the Switch or the Game Boy. The Project Q is closer to a high -end game controller that allows you to do without the screen on which the PS5 is connected, which will have to operate simultaneously to be able to play. It will be impossible to take advantage of the PS5 games with a Project Q not connected to a PlayStation 5 console.

Sony’s return to the battle of portable consoles is not yet completely relevant.

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PlayStation Portal: a portable console to play anywhere. in the House

Sony presents its new portable console, or almost, since the Portal Playstation only serves to stream its games since its PS5 and only in Wi-Fi. It is therefore necessary to be at home to use it.

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Those who expected Sony to launch a real portable console will be disappointed. Indeed, the new PlayStation Portal, which we knew before under the code name Project Q, presents itself as a “Remote reading device”.

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The minimum service

In other words, it is used to stream its games from its PS5 via Wi-Fi connection. Unfortunately, it is therefore necessary to stay close to the living room console. Sony targets “Players who have only one TV sharing at home or who just want to play their PS5 games in another room”, But those who hoped to be able to play since anywhere provided they have an internet connection will have to go their way. It is not even possible to access the titles available in Cloud Gaming with the PlayStation Plus Premium service. Only the games installed on the PS5 are playable.

The PlayStation Portal, with the appearance of a dualsense controller that we would have cut in half to integrate a lcd 1080p touch screen at 60 fps of 8 “, takes up the same characteristics as the conventional controllers of the PS5, including their adaptive triggers and their haptic return. A 3.5 mm audio output allows you to connect a helmet or wired headphones, but no Bluetooth connection is integrated. The only wireless helmets and headphones to be able to operate with the Portal PlayStation are the new Elite and Pulse Explore pulse of Sony, using the Playk owner technology Link.

A relatively accessible price

Portal PlayStation therefore makes a lot of concessions, but it has the advantage of being relatively accessible. Thus, it will be marketed in the year at a rate of € 219.99. Sony will soon communicate more information on the start of pre -orders.

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Sony Project Q: Price, release date, characteristics … What we know about the portable console

Sony presented a surprise portable console during its 2023 Showcase event, or at least a prototype. Called Project Q, it should succeed the PSP, PSP Go and PSP Vita who occupied this segment in the early 2000s.

Posted on 05/26/2023 at 3:00 p.m

The Japanese giant will make a comeback on the portable console market over 11 years after the PS Vita. This announcement comes at a pivotal moment when a renewed interest manifests itself from both manufacturers and players, despite the omnipresence of smartphones and mobile games. In addition to the Nintendo Switch which is undoubtedly at the origin of this trend, manufacturers like Valve, Razer and more recently Asus, with the promising Rog Ally, all announced new features in this segment. Obviously, Sony does not want to miss the train.

Sony Project Q: A format that questions

Project Q is A kind of fusion between an 8 -inch screen and a dualsense controller Trench in half at the touchpad level. It would also resume the same features and in particular its haptic return.

Given its very wide atypical format of legitimate questions arise as for its ergonomice and its global comfort. The distribution of the masses will be a key element to guarantee a good prolonged gaming experience.

How project q works ?

In reality, Project Q is not a portable console proper, Rather, this is an accessory that accompanies the PS5 insofar as it only works in streaming via functionality Remote Play Sony.

According to the initial information shared, it will not be possible to play in total independence, it In fact, the principle of the controllers produced by Backbone takes up under official PlayStation license.

Technical sheet, what to expect ?

We already have confirmation that it will have a screen 8 -inch LCD HD, Some also mention a simple rate of Refreshment 60 Hz. The precise haptic return of the dualsense controller will be present and it will operate by Wireless To transmit streaming data. Sony, however, has not given any indications on internal components but they should be at the outset since streaming game only requires low computing power.

We cannot distinguish from speakers in the images shared by the manufacturer, we can however expect their presence on the final product. Unless the wireless headphones announced at the conference are included in the box.

Project Q: What release date ?

Sony did not communicate the official launch date, But it could happen by the end of the year, probably for the holiday season.

How much will the console cost ?

The mystery remains whole on pricing positioning, but since it is a streaming device and not a full -fledged console, We can hope for a competitive price.

We will update this article as soon as we have new information on the console.

Roch Arena published on 05/26/2023 at 3:00 pm | Updated on 05/26/2023