Hey Everyone, it looks like reviews are out, so I’ll be adding them all here (or at least the ones I find). Let me know if I missed some.

Video Reviews:

Written Reviews:

Extra Testing:

If I missed any let me know!

Edit: Added the IGN review which was actually pretty good! Tested it at a cafe outside with their PS5 back at home on WiFi and the experience was good according to the reviewer.

Edit 2: Added Kinda Funny but I haven’t watched it yet. I’ll update my comment below if there is any new info worth adding to my TLDR.

Edit 3: added an extra testing section where SpawnPoiint tested the USBC port for Ethernet and USBc wireless dongles

  • Eggyhead
    2•1 year ago

    If you had the new OLED steam deck instead of the OG, do you think you’d still be interested in the Portal? Why or why not?

    • CosmicSploogeDrizzleOPMEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      That would be tougher. OLED 7.4" screen is pretty darn close to the 8" of the portal but it’s still 800p vs 1080p. The resolution doesn’t bother me as much as the color accuracy, so the OLED would solve most of my major pain points. It would definitely be a harder decision. I think if that were the case I wouldn’t get it at launch and would maybe wait for a price drop to $150 before I would impulse buy. Right now it’s not a matter of if I can already remote play, it’s that I want the experience to be as close to TV gaming as possible. The jump from 720p to 1080p is significant though for making these PS exclusives feel epic, at least for me. I would probably want to see a side by side deep dive comparison between the OLED steam deck and the portal before I would make that decision in this hypothetical.

      If I didn’t have the steam deck at all and was deciding between splurging on the OLED or the Portal, I would go Steam Deck since it’s such a great device. The fact that I can play games that aren’t on PS, like Dave the diver, and other PC exclusives makes it worth it. Chiaki on it is just a bonus. I didn’t buy the Deck for PS remote play, whereas I am buying the Portal specifically for it. Chiaki4deck does also have occasional artifacting and some other connection issues that make the experience less than ideal.

      I went back and forth for weeks deciding on whether or not it was going to get it, whether it was worth it, whether I was being silly because I already had the steam deck. Ultimately I couldn’t get it out of my head and decided to just pull the trigger.

      • Eggyhead
        2•1 year ago

        I went back and forth for weeks deciding on whether or not it was going to get it, whether it was worth it, whether I was being silly because I already had the steam deck. Ultimately I couldn’t get it out of my head and decided to just pull the trigger.

        I can relate to this, except it’s my first deck. The older LCD and battery life were big turn offs for me that the OLED eliminated. I wonder what 720p might look like blown up to 7.4 inches over the 1080 at 8inches, or if I’ll even care because of the OLED. And that I could also be having dualsense tier comfort and benefits for well under half the price of the 512 Deck OLED. I think the OLED Deck is easily the better value, but it’s far more expensive and complicated than a Portal.

        • CosmicSploogeDrizzleOPMEnglish
          3•1 year ago

          Yeah, if you don’t have a deck, I would recommend the deck over the portal if you don’t mind paying more. It costs more but you also get more AND you can still remote play.

            • CosmicSploogeDrizzleOPMEnglish
              2•1 year ago

              My portal is dope btw. I meant to tell you. Screen is really good and it feels great to hold. The sticks are the only thing that feels different since they are smaller than the dual sense but I’m going to look into getting caps for them. They aren’t bad, but I’d like them a tad bigger.

              And for anyone else reading this, the portal thumb sticks are smaller than the dual sense but larger than the psvr thumbsticks, so I don’t think there are any caps now that fit it.

              • @slimerancherMEnglish
                1•1 year ago

                I don’t think many people go so deep in comment chain, maybe post it as top level comment.

                Also, Cool! That just makes me want them more! But I am not going to push me toward more impulse shopping. 😛