The video game thread.

mca47

Picked up a PS Portal over the weekend.  It now has the ability to cloud stream hundreds (eventually a couple thousand) games.  Don't even need to connect it to your PS5!  Hell, you don't even need a PS5 now.
I had almost, next to zero interest in the portal before.  It being able to play cloud games...damn near perfectly...game changer!  Bought it the second the reviews started coming in for the cloud streaming.

Jason P

mca47 said:

Picked up a PS Portal over the weekend.  It now has the ability to cloud stream hundreds (eventually a couple thousand) games.  Don't even need to connect it to your PS5!  Hell, you don't even need a PS5 now.
I had almost, next to zero interest in the portal before.  It being able to play cloud games...damn near perfectly...game changer!  Bought it the second the reviews started coming in for the cloud streaming.

Does it just access games you have bought digitally on PS Network?

This does make it something I may consider ... it didn't before, for sure.  You will have to give us an update in a few weeks on how well the streaming works.  I did streaming a few years back for Xbox game on PC to mixed results when I had GamePass.  60% of the time, it worked every time.

Jason P

Also, do you need to be on the $160/yr PS Premium plan for the streaming to work on the Portal?

Jason P

I’ve probably played around 40-50 matches in Arc Raiders (usually average around 15 minutes each).  I’ve only been attacked by other players twice in solo play.  95% of the players have been cool, but I’ve stuck to the first map to get my bearings on the game.  I’m playing on the PS5 and the mic in the controller seems to work OK for communicating with other players to let them know I won’t open fire … I’m not a fan of wearing headphones so it is a nice option that you can toggle on/off.  The attacks from other players came on advanced maps that had to be unlocked.  So far the game has been a blast