r/PlaystationPortal

Hello! So im pretty sure there are already posts like this, but im new to reddit, so please bear with me.

My gf and I have a PS5, we both like to play. We leave the house occasionally on a weekend or a week off and we often want to be able to play remotely. We have already used the remote play option - a computer and the controller. It works fairly well, we understand that its not going to be the same experience as the PlayStation itself.

Now, we only have one controller and we’re wondering if its better to buy another one and just use the remote link on the computer or maybe invest a bit more and purchase the PS portal.

I’ll add that our most played games are the witcher and farming simulator.

I’ll appreciate all your inputs!

The xbox series s/X downscales games and the psp and vita used external storage so what would be wrong with the playstation portal doing so?????

Why does it randomly choose when to be able to wake the PS5 from rest mode?

Sometimes I’ll click rest mode and the next day turn it on and it wakes the PS5 at home and I can play.

Other times it just won’t wake it and I’ll need to call someone at home to turn on the PS5 and click X once to log into my profile… why…?

Hey all. Ive got top tier fios internet and yet my portal is basically unplayable. Im gonna try some standard troubleshooting but would love to know if anyone else has zeroed in on a fix. Thanks!

Hey,

Am debating if i could get portal, as i have ps5 slim home and love gaming on it but i am often away and would like to play when i am not home where my ps is.

I got switch 2 before and i sold it as i play mostly aaa games and they just dont look good on switch, like ac shadows or cp2077 as i doesnt have computing power for these games like ps5 does.

Would ps portal look better? Would the graphics and image quality be better?

I have ps5 hard wired at home with 1000/100 internet speed and most of the time i would play on portal on my 5g hotspot or at patents house where is 1000/1000 fibre.

Games i play are horizon, ghost of Tsushima or yotei, spiderman, assassins creed games, cp2077 etc.

Thanks for info!

hi everyone I was just wondering how you use your ps portal do you use it more for the cloud streaming service or do you use it for remote play on the ps5 ? I want to use my ps5 on my portal but I’m worried about leaving it on all the time as I’m using a 6 way plug.

Hey guys I had my wisdom tooth extracted and will be at my parents house till at least Tuesday! I’m itching to play my ps 5 which is in my condo an hour away. If I buy a ps portal rn will I need my PS 5 to initially set it up? I just want to play WWE 2k 26.

Edit:

Thanks everyone for the comments and saving me 400. Looks like I need my ps 5 on, have the same WiFi, or have remote play on. I have neither of those nor am I going to pay for the highest tier of subscription as I only play games that are on my console. So looks like won’t be getting the portal :(

I have a small battery-powered generator i hooked my wifi up to, but don't have an extra to plug my PS5 into. Now I'm debating buying 1 month just so I can play tonight.

If I can stream Elden Ring from the cloud, can I still access my save file even with the PS5 off?