Is Sony’s PlayStation Portal a huge mistake?

25/08/2023 1h 17min Episodio 187
Is Sony’s PlayStation Portal a huge mistake?

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The PSP is back! Sort of. This week, Sony announced the PlayStation Portal, a $200 handheld that can only stream games from your PS5. In this episode, Devindra and Producer Ben Ellman try to figure out what the heck Sony is doing. Is the Portal something gamers actually want? Or did Sony completely miss an opportunity to build a better portable? Also, we discuss why we’re excited for Armored Core VI and some serious big mecha action.Sony announces $200 Playstation Portal handheld – 1:10Armored Core VI: Shadows of Rubicon review – 25:44Coming in October – Samsung’s 57-inch 4k ultra wide monitor – 34:22Atari’s new 2600+ can play 2600 and 7800 cartridges…if you still have them – 39:32NVIDIA’s DLSS 3.5 makes ray tracing look even better with AI – 41:35Half-Life 2 is getting an unofficial remaster with RTX – 45:48Other News: Microsoft product event scheduled for September 21 – 51:44Elon Musk floats the idea of removing the block feature on X – 54:09AI News: US judge rules that AI art can’t be copyrighted – 1:00:32Working on – 1:04:27Pop culture picks – 1:07:57

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