PlayStation Portal (Remote Play device) announced for $199, coming November 15th

[DonFerrari]

twintail said:

I think of lot of these WiiU comparisons are pretty strange considering that controller was the dedicated input for the WiiU whereas this is clearly an accessory for those want to game at home (or via wifi) at times when they can't use their TV. 

The issue is clearly the lack of Cloud functionality. Whether that changes in the future or not remains to be seen, but this would've been better served released when it could connect with Sony's cloud service from day 1. 

Until then, the device is incredibly niche. I think there's nothing wrong with a remote play dedicated device but I do believe that it being a remote play only device is not a strong sell. 

If it can eventually use the cloud, and if it could somehow function as a 2nd controller directly without the remote play aspect, then I think the Portal would be a much better device, and serve as a great accessory.

If I could cloud stream certain games from anywhere, that would make me very interested in the Portal. But right now, I'm not sure I see the need for it. 

I look forward to impressions once it's launched.

For me this is much more like the PSTV accessorie or the remote play on PSP and PSVita that you needed the console streaming the data to the portable. The thing that could really make it more interesting for more people is allowing it to use the streaming sub without a PS5, perhaps they will implement that with FW update as I don't see any reason why this isn't feasible now.