Sony announces Japan-only PlayStation Portal Player with built-in storage
The gist
Sony announced a Japan-only PlayStation Portal Player launching Dec. 10 at ¥39,980.
The added storage hints at future features Sony hasn't detailed yet.
How it unfolded
- 2023The original PlayStation Portal Remote Player launches as a device dedicated exclusively to Remote Play from a PS5 at home.
- 2025The Portal gains official cloud streaming support (after a late-2024 beta), letting users play PS5 games via PlayStation Plus Premium.
- Nov 9, 2026SIE announces the PlayStation Portal Player Midnight Black (Japanese Language Only) on the official PlayStation Japan blog.
Key terms
- Remote Play
- Sony feature letting PlayStation consoles wirelessly send video and audio to another device that also controls the console.
- cloud streaming
- Online gaming where video games run on remote servers and the video output is streamed to the user's device.
Source: Wikipedia