If you ask me, the fact that it requires a PS5 makes it a non starter. I was really hoping for a standalone handheld, maybe not as powerful as the PS5, but something to compete with the Switch and Steam Deck. Like the PSP was a less powerful PS2 but still a standalone handheld providing a console like experience. Or even a phone handheld, the N-Gage was ahead of its time!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a deal-breaker for me, since I already own a PS5 and I was already looking to stream those games to my computer anyhow, but haven't got it set up well yet. There's some weird audio stuff going on, at least.

I am also not interested in buying handheld-only games for another underpowered system, so it's fine that it streams them from a powerful device instead. If they manage to get the battery life good enough, I'm going to seriously consider it... But not at launch.

[–] OwlPaste 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you don't mind me asking, whats a streaming to another monitor/tv setup like? Controllers are already wireless so i was wondering if itd possible t9 setup streaming via ip or do we need some hdmi/display port based streamong hw?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't done it to a PS4, so I can't speak for that streaming setup.

But for Windows, I just run an app, link it to my account, and then I can stream PS5 games on my PC. The experience wasn't great, though. The resolution seemed low/fuzzy, and the audio came out of both my TV (which turns on with my PS5 automatically) and my PC speakers, which wasn't great.

When I tried playing on my PS VR headset, my TV kept coming back on repeatedly, even if I turned it off, so I expect streaming will do the same thing, though I haven't tried it much yet.

Streaming my PC games to another PC is a lot better, especially with Parsec. Sony has a lot to catch up on here, IMO.