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@kbin.social
    2·
    8 months 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.

    • CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      3·
      8 months 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.

        • CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
          2·
          8 months 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.