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Playstation Portal

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  • #302
    Jordan 199
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,110 ✭✭✭✭Jordan 199


    Ordered the 30th Anniversary version of this. Should have it next week.



  • #303
    Grumpypants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,367 ✭✭✭Grumpypants


    It's still easily my favourite recent purchase. I use it so much. It's just lovely to game on.



  • #304
    Grumpypants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,367 ✭✭✭Grumpypants


    Portal update is rumoured to add the ability to stream the games you own, not just the ones in the collection.

    For the money it's an amazing bit of kit.



  • #305
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123945785#Comment_123945785

    Digital purchases only assume? Disappointing but understandable.

    Still, fantastic news nonetheless.



  • #306
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,765 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Seeing as they dont even let you review with a physical copy, I assume the same. Good step in the right direction if true. But they'll probably lock it behind Premium if they include the Catalogue.



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  • #307
    Grumpypants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,367 ✭✭✭Grumpypants


    Yeah either kind of cloud streaming (owned / subscription catalogue) is a premium feature. But worth it if you are getting a portal.



  • #308
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 26,635 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123945785#Comment_123945785

    Any rumoured date for this?

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #309
    Grumpypants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,367 ✭✭✭Grumpypants


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123947255#Comment_123947255

    Not yet but the PS store added a line to purchasable games " buy this game and stream it to your PS5 and portal" then it was fairly quickly removed. So I'd say it's imminent.



  • #310
    RedXIV
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,559 ✭✭✭RedXIV


    Mate was gonna buy one for upcoming hospital stays but I thought the crap wifi would impact its use. Is it still the case you can only stream to these? or can you download to the portal?



  • #311
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123950309#Comment_123950309

    Stream only unfortunately.



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  • #312
    Grumpypants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,367 ✭✭✭Grumpypants


    Stream your own games is coming on November the 5th/6th.

    https://blog.playstation.com/2025/11/05/cloud-streaming-officially-arrives-on-playstation-portal-today-with-new-support-for-digital-ps5-games-in-your-library/



  • #313
    Loughc
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123964834#Comment_123964834

    Absolute game changer!!!

    The lifeboat has set sail



  • #314
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,645 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123950309#Comment_123950309

    Yeah it's stream only. There's no real memory or storage or anything to download to (bar what it uses for its own operation).

    It's either remote play directly from your console, or cloud streaming, both of which will require internet.



  • #315
    RocketRaccoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,728 ✭✭✭RocketRaccoon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123964834#Comment_123964834

    Can't wait for this, the list of games isn't showing though



  • #316
    Niska
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭Niska


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123964881#Comment_123964881

    If you change en-ie to en-us you can get the list:

    https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps5-game-cloud-streaming/



  • #317
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    It means that you can essentially have a Portal and play the likes of Astro Bot and Ghost of Yotei without the need for a PS5 which is fairly incredible.



  • #318
    nedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,079 ✭✭✭nedd


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123964834#Comment_123964834

    Brilliant!

    There are plenty of nights my son is playing PS5 and I want to have a game of something not in the Streaming catalogue.



  • #319
    Grumpypants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,367 ✭✭✭Grumpypants


    I was on the fence at the start with it being streaming from console only (which really was just stream at home), but once I got it in hand I loved it, it's steadily gotten better and better too. Cloud streaming was a big update, this makes it even better.

    If they let us stream video now it would be great.

    I do remember someone hacked it and ran PSP games directly on it. But it's not very powerful/ not huge storage to be able to do much more.

    Still would be a cool update for when you're on a plane without WiFi to kill a few hours.



  • #320
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,645 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Just gave the cloud streaming a very quick burst there. Seems to work fine. I picked Star Wars Jedi Survivor because I knew it was a game in my library but not installed. Only gave it a few minutes but aside from getting my arse kicked by some droids because I forgot all the controls for the game, it played pretty much as you'd expect.



  • #321
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,846 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    I've been on PS Plus now for a couple of years so am hoping there'll be a decent sale on PS Plus for Black Friday and I can pick up PS Premium and get this feature.



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  • #322
    Grumpypants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,367 ✭✭✭Grumpypants


    I just had a look and it's not just games you bought but the games in your library. So all the free monthly games work too.

    I've 164 in my "owned" library that I can stream and 293 in the cloud library.

    There is a lot of cross over but still a very decent offering.



  • #323
    nedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,079 ✭✭✭nedd


    I tried Minecraft last night. My son was on the PS5 playing Minecraft and I couldn't figure out how to join his game. I'm not sure if its a feature of Minecraft on the Portal or something dumb we were doing.

    Other than that I tried Outer Worlds and it ran great, the smaller control sticks on the portal are not great and took a few mins to settle in.



  • #324
    heebusjeebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭heebusjeebus


    The troubleshooting menu is a great addition.

    I get 1 to 2ms of latency when situated in the same room as the PS5 (wired PS5 and 5Ghz wifi6).

    When using the cloud streaming the latency is around 20 to 22.

    I had zero dropped frames in around an hour of gaming last night so they may have also improved the performance in the update.



  • #325
    nedd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,079 ✭✭✭nedd


    Minecraft has been removed now, or at least I can't find it. Only Legends.



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