PlayStation Portal Pre-Orders Are Still Available At Walmart

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The PlayStation Portal's launch is almost here and despite people wondering why anyone would want one considering it needs a WiFi connection to work, tracking down a pre-order for the handheld device has been pretty difficult. In fact, with a little more than a week to go, at the time of typing this, there are only two outlets in the US with any Portal pre-orders left at all. If you still want to guarantee you get one on launch day, you're going to need to buy one through Walmart or head directly to PlayStation.

Some people mocked the Portal for looking like a DualSense Link broke in half and used Ultrahand to stick to a tiny screen. If anything, imagining that's how the device came about is a plus for me.

Retailing for $200, the Portal lets you play PS5 games anywhere in the house without needing a TV. It's basically a portable PS5 with a few very notable caveats. You can't just play games on the bus like that sad guy in the Tears of the Kingdom advert. Not only do you need to be connected to some WiFi, but it also needs to be paired with your PS5. That means the PS5 cannot be used for anything else, including playing games on the TV it's connected to, while you're using the Portal it's paired with.

There still seems to be a little confusion regarding how far you can be from your PS5 when using the Portal. In theory, since the Portal and the PS5 don't need to be connected to the same WiFi and your PS5 can be turned on from anywhere using the PS app, you should be able to use the Portal and play your games from anywhere in the world providing you have an internet connection. PlayStation hasn't made a big deal about that detail though which has some skeptical that it can be done.

The PlayStation Portal is a handheld