The PlayStation Portal, Sony's innovative handheld gaming accessory for the PS5, has never been offered at a discount until now. You can snag a Used: Like New condition PS Portal from Amazon Resale for just $148, shipped. This represents a substantial 26% savings off the original $199 retail price. While a Sony warranty may not be included, Amazon Resale items come with the same reassuring 30-day return policy as new purchases. Given the popularity, we expect these units to sell out quickly.
Update: The price has dropped to $150.23, marking the lowest we've seen for a Used: Like New unit.
PlayStation Portal (Used: Like New) for $148
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The PS Portal, resembling an extended split-pad DualSense controller with an 8-inch 1080p LCD screen, transforms your PS5 into a portable gaming device, streaming games at up to 60fps. It retains the DualSense's haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and a touchscreen interface in place of the touchpad. For streaming outside your home, a very stable, very fast internet connection is essential. Remember, the PS Portal is not a standalone device; it requires a PS5 to function.
Excitingly, Sony has expanded the PS Portal's capabilities beyond requiring a PS5. Now, you can stream games directly from Sony's PlayStation Now cloud streaming service, accessing over 120 games, including titles like Ghost of Tsushima, Resident Evil 3 Remake, The Last of Us Part 1 Remastered, and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. To enjoy this feature, you'll need to subscribe to the highest tier of PlayStation Plus, which at $18 a month, is more cost-effective than purchasing a PS5 and additional games.
While the PS Portal isn't the only way to stream PS5 games over Wi-Fi within your home, using the PS Remote Play app on other devices like the Steam Deck is more complicated and misses out on some DualSense features.
PlayStation Portal Review by Seth Macy
"The PlayStation Portal is the most surprising device I've ever come away from loving after going in loaded with skepticism. It's such a better experience than using your phone with a slap-on controller, and it works so much better than I was anticipating. I really love the freedom it gives me to play my PS5 from anywhere with decent WiFi coverage, especially when the rest of my family was using the TV to (somewhat ironically) play the Switch. Bearing in mind that it’s in no way a stand-alone device and 100% requires a PlayStation 5 to function at all, the biggest things keeping the Portal from being a truly amazing device are its current lack of a way to access WiFi that requires a web browser to log in, and its lack of Bluetooth support for audio. For now, it's a great device that represents the best current solution for PlayStation Remote Play, and if it weren't for those two baffling caveats, I'd call this a must-own device for every PS5 owner who enjoys playing games on handheld – or has to compete for the household TV."
