I am returning my Playstation Portal

Submitted ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨aCosmicWave@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

As a new father that only own one console, the PS Portal has allowed me to squeeze in extra precious gaming time into my day.

I pull out my Portal when my wife is decompressing on our single 4K TV. Or when my son cuddles up next to me as he falls asleep in the evenings.

I love the ergonomics of the device, the haptics, the huge screen, and the seamless integration into the Playstation ecosystem (and all of my games). My PS5 is hardwired into our router so I’ve had absolutely no issues with remote play inside our apartment. In fact, I’ve been using this thing daily and having an absolute blast.

Alas, I have made the incredibly difficult decision to return the device. The daily threads questioning the value proposition of this handheld have been weighing on me. The internet keeps telling me that the Portal is actually not a very good after all and I shouldn’t be having any fun with it.

I honestly had no idea and will be shipping it back out to Sony while I’m still within the return window.

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CaptObvious@literature.cafe ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I assume that this is sarcasm. However, on the chance that it’s not, why would you let internet strangers determine what you think is fun?

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- aCosmicWave@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You are right. I will keep the device. Thank you internet stranger!
  
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  - CaptObvious@literature.cafe ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    For gods’ sakes don’t make me the arbiter of fun!
    
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
In these comments: People who can’t figure out what sarcasm is.

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- Ecksell@lemmy.one ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  On the internet? There is no way!
  
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- Goronmon@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That or they just don’t like content of the post?
  
  I haven’t upvoted the post because I’m not a huge fan of the “I’m not like other gamers/posters” style of content and don’t really want to encourage it.
  
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  - Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I said nothing of the point value on the post. One can clearly see the comments here and how most of them blatantly took the post seriously (or didn’t actually read the body).
    
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FunkyMonk@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I appreciate the humor here and also feeling like I'm getting aware how hard it is to find honest feedback on anything game related with how heavy THE MARKET wants to push influence on the industry. The stuff about BG3 being THE WORST BECASUE IT HURTS BIG MONEY FEELINGS comoflauged articles was INSANE. Fucking Chat GDP ones shilling that little companies shouldn't be thought of nicely.

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- aCosmicWave@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Thank you! This entire post is my little way of poking fun at the current state of things. It’s as if the market tries to set a singular narrative for new games/products and it’s very hard to provide honest feedback if it goes against the grain in any way.
  
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- Goronmon@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That BG3 drama was pretty much fabricated to stir up social media engagement. The sentiment you are complaining about really only existed in the mind of people complaining.
  
  Nevermind that neither Larian or Sony are small companies.
  
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Bassman27@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That comment really got to you huh 😂. I agree though if you get a benefit from it it’s not a waste. I did have one thought while reading this and the related thread… Why not just use an iPad and your dualsense?

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- aCosmicWave@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t have an iPad 😆
  
  And the experience of using a dedicated device for the task seems more pleasant to me anyway. I did try the Backbone but it annoyingly required me to take off the case every time I wanted to play.
  
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Ecksell@lemmy.one ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Bad troll, 2/10 (2 since it was written decently I guess). Now the real question is, Why don’t I have a downvote button?

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ossadeimorti@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
And they told me that post quality was much higher here than on Reddit, lol

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- aCosmicWave@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Hey! I took a good 5 minutes to write this original content. That’s like 10,000% more effort than the average repost on Reddit.
  
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Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Remember to also apologize to the post office handling the return.

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jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Remote play is an absolute godsend.

I figured it out on my Galaxy Tab A a few years ago, which required you to tether your controller. Then this past January, when I ruptured my Achilles Tendon, being able to run Xbox Series X, Playstation 5 AND Steam games from my Steam Deck in bed was HUGE!

That being said, I don’t see the need to buy another device to do what I’ve already been doing…

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