The Morning After: Sony whiffs another gaming handheld

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In the history of modern gaming handhelds, Sony was there in the fairly early days with the PSP and Vita. Both were well regarded, if flawed, living and dying long before the age of the Switch and the Steam Deck. So it would be reasonable to expect the new
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, would be a triumph. Yeah. About that.

Portal is a $200 handheld that can only stream from your own PlayStation 5, either at home or when you’re on the go. There are no local titles, or any bells and whistles for that matter, it’s just a way to play on your own PS5 when the TV isn’t available. Devindra Hardawar
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If your internet connection isn’t rock-solid, then the Portal isn’t very useful, especially when you can pick up a mobile handheld dock for a lot less cash. It doesn’t help that Sony’s not the best at perfectly integrating its hardware and software, so things you might expect to be seamless are anything but.
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, but if you’re a Sony diehard, it might be best to hide behind your hands while you do so.

— Dan Cooper

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Spoiler: It’s a lot of money.​



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Oh grow up, people.​



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It reflects a blockbuster year of games.​

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2023 has been an odd year for the gaming industry, pairing the highest highs with the
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. It speaks volumes about the quality of the year’s run that it’s hard to identify a nailed-on winner for Game of the Year.

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This is almost as bad as third impact.​

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. But a misprint means the units instead bear the name EVANGENLION, which probably makes them even more of a collector’s item than they were before.

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