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JWeinCom on 25 August 2023
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Otter said:
Runa216 said:

IT's funny, I simultaneously think this might be the dumbest thing Sony has ever done (by copying Nintendo's second biggest failure; I mean, they copy Nintendo all the time and Nintendo almost always does better, so that doesn't bode well for this)...

...and I'm also incredibly excited for it. The Portal might be a huge flop but it sounds like it's EXACTLY what I'm looking for in a remote play peripheral. The way my house is set up I am constantly moving my PS5 between 4 different TVs and being able to just leave it in one place and use the Portal is perfect. Plus I can take it to other places so as long as I have Wifi I won't have to take the Ps5 with me places. I love the look of the screen, I love the fact it's got the Ps5 controller handles. I love pretty much everything about it EXCEPT the reality that the portal's gonna flop hard.

It looks like great tech that will do poorly. Which is a shame. It'll fail but I'm looking forward to it because it's exactly what I want.

For an accessory, what do you consider a flop? How many units has the elite Playstation or Xbox controller managed to sell? 

We're not gonna get sales figure, but it's easy to tell if an accessory is a flop. If it flops, we're going to see the price slashed at retailers very quickly, and the device discontinued. Similar to the 3D display they made for the Playstation the Udraw tablet, and a lot of the music peripherals that arrived too late to ride the guitar hero wave.