Nach der vielen Häme, aber auch grundsätzlichen Fragestellung zur Daseinsberechtigung, habe ich nun einmal meine ganz persönlichen Erfahrungen mit dem Remote-Player niedergeschrieben.
I love playing #FinalFantasyXIV on my #PlayStationPortal… also, at some point it crawled into a pixelated halt, lost connection and died just before finishing a levequest 😭
I’m very intrigued by the #PlaystationPortal, but the reason I want it is to specifically play PS+ indie games that are mostly also available on the #NintendoSwitch. So does it make sense to grab a Portal and play those games through my subscription? Or just buy them on the Switch?
Maybe the #ShareYourGames crowd can help me out with this one!
Kids school drop off. 4G hotspot connection. Took about a minute and a half to connect to #PS5. Tried out #NHL24. Game was playable but did notice some choppiness. Not ideal game for 4G speeds.
At work. Work Wi-Fi blocked connection to my PS5. 😔
5G connection hotspot from my phone at work. Took about a minute to connect. Tried NHL24 again. Game play was seamless 😎🎮
New things! Takes about 3 minutes from cold boot to connect to a rest mode PS5 to connect. PS5 is hard wired. From a cold boot to an already on PS5 almost instant.
I'm hopeful for the #PlayStationPortal next week. I tested #Playstation Remote Play on an iPad since that's the closest comparison.
2 advantages it has over Chiaki on #SteamDeck is #PS5#DualSense support, including haptics, gyro, and touchpad support. So many PS5 games rely on those features, and some don't work without them. The other advantage is that it works over any network, and does not need to be on the same one.
Customer demand has been strong with restocks being sold out quickly.
Finally back home with a #PS5 again. All the games I missed are now included with #PSPlus so I’ll have quite a backlog. One reason I stopped playing my PS5 was the games were too expensive. Waiting a couple years solved that
#Chiaki also works great on #SteamDeck. I’m now debating whether to keep my #PlayStationPortal preorder. But it’ll have larger screen, 1080p (vs 720p), adaptive triggers and rumble.
We don't know the numbers but the #PlayStationPortal seems to be a popular preorder. It has sold out multiple times at online retailers before being restocked
That's despite mainstream journalists, like #DigitalFoundry, constantly saying that streaming is a service without a market
There were rumours that Xbox attempted a streaming stick but thought it had to be sub-$100 and couldn't make it happen. Portal's $200 price seems tolerable
I recently preordered the #PlayStationPortal. I was surprised to see that despite the negative response it was at the top of Amazon’s sales charts for #PlayStation5 accessories, and for #PS5 “controllers”.
• My #Linux origin story
• Hubris of new designers (me!)
• Cloud gaming
• #Stadia
• #PlayStationPortal
• #EndlessOS is the secret cabal
• Importance of meeting people behind projects
• #GUADEC
• #GNOME Design
• Origins of elementary OS & Pop!_OS
• Spicy takes
…and a whole lot more! It was a blast, and I’m sure there’ll be shorter clips in the coming days if the two-hour runtime is daunting. 😅
I think the hardware looks neat and makes sense for around-the-house more than on-the-go. Sony knows how to do inputs, so grafting a DualSense to a small tablet is not the worst idea for a handheld gaming device!
They also go out of their way to say it’s not compatible with PlayStation Plus streaming, even when those games are streaming to the linked PS5 (likely due to bidirectional bandwidth issues). But streaming directly from PlayStation Plus seems like such an obvious reason for this handheld to exist! Surely they’re working on that?
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Stadia was good, actually. 😉 And I think Sony is closest to being able to replicate it.