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blckgrffn

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Received a Portal for Christmas from my wife. An excellent piece of kit. Spent a couple hours at my parents 200 miles from my PS5 cleaning up some side missions to progress late in FFXVI. Set it up remotely, connected remotely, played remotely. A+.

They have fiber, I have Comcastic cable Internet.
 

blckgrffn

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No lagging? Nothing annoying about the experience, like texture degrading, pixellation etc?
Ha, no it was great. Spiderman Remaster had a little texture pop and the faintest delay, but otherwise was also super impressive.

I also have a OG Swtich and OG Steam Deck and hands down I know which one will get the most use for me. Spoiler, it’s the Portal. The controller implementation is so much better than Joycons (long term, I like that you can just swap out joycons though) and the buttons and screen are better than the Steam Deck IMO.

Outside of first party games I have soured on the Switch, and though I will be day one on the next Nintendo this will have stolen some thunder at our house.

Now, the fact it didn’t have any case at all - like the Steam Deck case which is awesome - is crazy. And no Sony case available at launch? And no wireless headset? It’s like they either barely made the holiday launch or simply have low expectations, which is too bad.

All that said, I’ve got a cheap case coming from Amazon for now and next step is to flip my lightly used Deck for a OLED version. Just because. Also, the OG Deck screen is so weak - the Portal might also “only” be LCD but it’s night and day different.
 
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purbeast0

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The fact that the Portal does not support bluetooth wireless headphones is a completely and utter failure/joke on Sony's part.
 

blckgrffn

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The fact that the Portal does not support bluetooth wireless headphones is a completely and utter failure/joke on Sony's part.

Ha, like the switch? Took like five years to enable and it’s essentially “at your own risk”. Very much to the point if you have issues other owners will likely tell you that you are holding it wrong.

I can see why they would do it too - so many garbage bt headsets out there might tarnish their launch.

But… not having their legit headset ready? That’s the true failure and joke imo. Costco demands a $300+ bundle 😂

I’ve had garbage luck with Bluetooth headsets on PC so whatever. I wish it was an open standard of some sort but seems unlikely. Maybe in a couple years Sony will “give” us the same sort of middling option after the proprietary connection sales peter out and whatever launch trajectory is already set.
 

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Hm. Good to hear that the Portal works well. For the holidays, I took my laptop and PS5 controller with me to visit the family and the PS Remote Play app worked pretty well. I normally have my laptop to begin with due to work obligations, so it definitely beat the hassle of bringing the entire PS5.
 
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blckgrffn

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At least the Switch actually plays games. $200 for a streaming-only device is beyond laughable.

And people pay well over $100 for a fancy controller? I’d like it to be cheaper too but… the utility is there. And it’s a full on controller. It’s functionality to remote play is undeniable to me. The fact I could pair it with my PS5 remotely was pretty sweet. It just worked.

Haha, it’s been playing games great for me 🤷‍♂️ I don’t get to sit on public transit or really any place where I won’t have the Internet to make this work. Most often it will be in a different room in my house or at one a few other homes. That’s just my use case.

If you don’t see the value of it, it’s probably not for you. I prefer having my Steam Deck stream, same for this. The PS5 is still strong.
 
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purbeast0

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Ha, like the switch? Took like five years to enable and it’s essentially “at your own risk”. Very much to the point if you have issues other owners will likely tell you that you are holding it wrong.

I can see why they would do it too - so many garbage bt headsets out there might tarnish their launch.

But… not having their legit headset ready? That’s the true failure and joke imo. Costco demands a $300+ bundle 😂

I’ve had garbage luck with Bluetooth headsets on PC so whatever. I wish it was an open standard of some sort but seems unlikely. Maybe in a couple years Sony will “give” us the same sort of middling option after the proprietary connection sales peter out and whatever launch trajectory is already set.
I purchased a 3rd party adapter for the Switch that came out years before BT was enabled on the Switch. It's also much better because it uses a lagless codec whereas the "official" support by Nintendo has lag. That itself is ridiculous.

But the Portal is worse IMO. I mean they are in the wireless headset market already, and the PS5 supports BT already. It was just a completely scam for them to not support it to force people to buy their overpriced junk headphones when they eventually come out.
 
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I purchased a 3rd party adapter for the Switch that came out years before BT was enabled on the Switch. It's also much better because it uses a lagless codec whereas the "official" support by Nintendo has lag. That itself is ridiculous.
Which one?
 

purbeast0

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Which one?
This one.


You need to find headphone that are aptx-ll (low latency) to get the lagless audio.

Having any kind of delay in audio when gaming is just something that I cannot do.
 

blckgrffn

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This one.


You need to find headphone that are aptx-ll (low latency) to get the lagless audio.

Having any kind of delay in audio when gaming is just something that I cannot do.

That’s likely exactly why Sony didn’t support BT, at least out of the box though. The number of people slamming it because their $15 “AirPods” has “unplayable” audio lag with the BT penalty AND streaming latency would have made it a serious subpar experience. Why would Sony do that to their launch? I get that it’s annoying but based on your posts I think you can see what an S show that would be and why Sony would want to avoid it. This has to be part of why Nintendo so viciously slow rolled their own support.

If we want to be annoyed about this, it would have been nice had the bt standard been updated years ago with more serious audio support rather than all this side action from Apple, etc patching up the deficiencies.

Maybe in the future Sony will announce support for BT with only select standards - I think the very latest standard update finally addressed audio lag? Once those headsets are available the lack of support will become more conspicuous IMO.

In any case, cannot the same adapter be used with the Portal? It seems like the switch paved the path for it in more ways than one. Thanks for the link!
 
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purbeast0

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That’s likely exactly why Sony didn’t support BT, at least out of the box though. The number of people slamming it because their $15 “AirPods” has “unplayable” audio lag with the BT penalty AND streaming latency would have made it a serious subpar experience. Why would Sony do that to their launch? I get that it’s annoying but based on your posts I think you can see what an S show that would be and why Sony would want to avoid it. This has to be part of why Nintendo so viciously slow rolled their own support.

If we want to be annoyed about this, it would have been nice had the bt standard been updated years ago with more serious audio support rather than all this side action from Apple, etc patching up the deficiencies.

Maybe in the future Sony will announce support for BT with only select standards - I think the very latest standard update finally addressed audio lag? Once those headsets are available the lack of support will become more conspicuous IMO.

In any case, cannot the same adapter be used with the Portal? It seems like the switch paved the path for it in more ways than one. Thanks for the link!
That is a very good point that I never thought about as far as lag. Literally the only device I've used wireless headphones on for gaming is my phone and my Switch, but both of them have been with APTX-LL headphones so I've never really had a problem tryin to deal with laggy sound.

Last year these $20 earbuds I got from Amazon died and I could NOT for the life of me find anymore APTX-LL earbuds that I wanted. I just wanted ones that are ear buds that wrap around your neck and that's it. But I couldn't find ANY, so I ended up getting some cheap over ear "noise canceling" ones to use on flights. I prefer the ear buds I had just because they are smaller to travel with, but I do like the over ear ones I got too now that I've used em. And I just got some other random cheap ear buds to use for music at the gym and stuff since I don't care about lag with that.

As for that adapter working with the Portal, I am not sure. When I got mine, it was literally just for Switch. I see now that it's for multiple consoles, including the PS5. You should shoot them an email to ask about it working on the portal. It doesn't specifically Portal though so I'd think it doesn't work. I also don't see anything about that on the FAQ so may be worth just asking them. They may tell you they are working on support for it or something too if it's not in there now.
 

jpiniero

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There's going to be a State of Play tomorrow at 5 PM Eastern. Probably not worth watching live but hopefully From will show Shadow of the Erdtree finally.
 

SteveGrabowski

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There's going to be a State of Play tomorrow at 5 PM Eastern. Probably not worth watching live but hopefully From will show Shadow of the Erdtree finally.
It's supposed to have some very interesting titles. Rumored so far
  • Death Stranding 2
  • Stellar Blade (officially confirmed)
  • Rise of the Ronin (officially confirmed)
  • Silent Hill
  • Until Dawn PS5 and PC remaster
  • A new Metro game in VR
  • A new Sonic game
  • Ken Levine's new game (creator of Bioshock)
Will be one of the few of these showcases I probably will watch live. Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin are two games I'm excited about but not yet sold on buying from what I have seen so I definitely want more info on them. And Until Dawn is a game I have really wanted but didn't buy once I found out the PS4 game has some ugly graphical bugs on PS5. Looks like a show without the usual indie crap filler. Very excited about Rise of the Ronin since it's Team Ninja.
 
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SteveGrabowski

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Stellar Blade looked like crap so just took it off my PSN checklist. Initial trailers made it look very much like a NieR Automata inspired game but looks pretty dull in the new trailer.

The Sonic game looks kind of interesting.
 

SteveGrabowski

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Looks like the leak was 100% true. Stellar Blade looks like crap, Sonic looks pretty interesting. Rise of the Ronin looks outstanding, almost like AC traversal with Nioh/Sekiro kind of combat. Silent Hill 2 remake looks pretty interesting and there is a free episode of Silent Hill on PSN just released, so I'll have to check it out. Good to see PS5/PC remake of Until Dawn, which I have wanted to play but haven't since the PS4 original has graphical bugs running on PS5 in BC mode. The Ken Lavine game Judas looks pretty interesting, can't wait to see more. Don't know what to make of Death Stranding 2 since can't tell if a game is any good from a cutscene trailer and I haven't played the first. All in all though, a pretty outstanding Playstation State of Play.
 
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sze5003

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I was expecting the rise of ronin to look more like ghosts of tsushima although it looks more like a PS4 game. I'll still probably get it to see how it plays.

I played death stranding but never got far in it so I'm not sure about the second since the stories may tie together.

Steller blade does look like that Nier Automata game I never tried but with more busty women lol.
 

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I was expecting the rise of ronin to look more like ghosts of tsushima although it looks more like a PS4 game. I'll still probably get it to see how it plays.

I played death stranding but never got far in it so I'm not sure about the second since the stories may tie together.

Steller blade does look like that Nier Automata game I never tried but with more busty women lol.

You should really play Nier Automata if you have the time (not sure if the console versions still have problems, but the steam version is pretty much fixed).

You have to like replaying games a few times, because that is how the game works...but it also doesn't really feel like you're replaying it. It's one of the best games of the last couple decades, I think.

Did that thing say anything about new PS5? I think I will probably finally get one if that is released this year.
 

SteveGrabowski

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You should really play Nier Automata if you have the time (not sure if the console versions still have problems, but the steam version is pretty much fixed).

You have to like replaying games a few times, because that is how the game works...but it also doesn't really feel like you're replaying it. It's one of the best games of the last couple decades, I think.

Did that thing say anything about new PS5? I think I will probably finally get one if that is released this year.
Yeah NieR Automata is amazing. I wouldn't call them replays though as it's really just playing with different characters with some overlap in events but very different gameplay. I don't get why they call the third replay a replay since it's entirely new story. Being that it ran an unlocked framerate on PS4 I can't imagine it's not a straight 60 fps on PS5, though I haven't tried it since getting a PS5. It was definitely my second favorite game of the last console generation, behind only Bloodborne. Amazing story and soundtrack and I loved the fast paced combat. Plus you get an achievement for looking up 2B's dress lol.

If you liked NieR Automata's story you should check Nier Replicant, which is the story of a lot of what led up to the events of Automata. It explains Emil for example, who is an amazing character in Replicant, and it's funny seeing some of the shoutouts to the first game in Automata. Another first rate soundtrack, though some of Automata's soundtrack came from Replicant. I love this song for example:

 
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purbeast0

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All these rumors swirling around today about a bunch of Xbox exclusives being considered to be ported to PS5.

Starfield, Indiana Jones, Gears of War, and now Halo.
 
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