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Sony Launches New PS Portal Model in Japan With Internal Storage for 'Future Functionality,' Changes Official Name

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Sony Launches New PS Portal Model in Japan With Internal Storage for 'Future Functionality,' Changes Official Name

Sony is releasing a new model of the PlayStation Portal in Japan next month. The big difference is that it has internal storage, hinting that Sony might be expanding the handheld’s functions in the future.

“With an eye towards future functionality, the new model comes with the brand new addition of internal storage,” teased Sony Japan’s official blog post. “We will provide further details regarding these future features as they are finalized.”

First released back in 2023 and looking like the stretch limo version of a PlayStation controller with an HD screen in the middle, the PlayStation Portal was originally designed as a way to play your PS5 games on handheld. Although this remote play function frees up your TV, it requires you to stream your games from your PS5 over Wi-fi.

In the official Playstation blog post announcing the new model, Sony emphasized that the Portal now allows “even players who don’t have a PS5” to enjoy PS5 games. Last year, Sony began giving PS Plus Premium members the option to stream games from the cloud to their PS Portal instead. With this new model release, Sony has also changed the full Japanese name of the handheld from “Playstation Portal Remote Player,” to simply “PlayStation Portal Player.” This suggests that the company is moving away from the Portal’s image as an accessory that streams from a PS5 console via Remote Play, to a more fully-fledged handheld.

It’s also possible that any new functions added to the PS Portal could be a testing ground for the upcoming PS6, which has long been rumored to involve a handheld.


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