Sony previously said that the PlayStation Portal is meant to be a niche product for a specific audience, but its sales continue to surprise. Not only has the handheld’s sales already exceeded the company’s expectations, it continues to sell in major markets including the U.S. Circana revealed that PlayStation Portal was February 2024’s best-selling accessory […] The post PlayStation Portal Sales Continue to Impress Despite Skepticism appeared first on PlayStation LifeStyle.
    • mindbleachEnglish
      51·
      8 months ago

      Why do people think this fancy controller is a handheld console?

      • PatchesEnglish
        7·
        8 months ago

        Because it costs like one. PSP dropped at $250 though it quickly went down.

        This is $200 and all it does is let you play your own very expensive PS5 Games so long you stay within your own home portably.

        • mindbleachEnglish
          22·
          8 months ago

          And if you don’t want that, don’t buy one.

          It won’t somehow become a separate platform, just because the price is higher than you’d like, for a single-purpose object. Its sales prove nothing about a completely different theoretical gizmo.

          Nobody saw the Wavebird and went “well, the DS is fucked.”