Sony's Project Q is a handheld without the portability
Another decade, another Sony handheld to keep an eye on. This time it’s Project Q, a peripheral to be used in conjunction with PS5’s Remote Play feature.
Project Q was announced at the tail end of May 24’s PlayStation Showcase. SIE boss Jim Ryan presented the device, stating it “enables you to stream any game from your PS5 console using Remote Play over Wi-Fi.”
Besides that, there’s precious little info around the device at present. Ryan added that Project Q will boast an “8-inch HD screen, and all of the buttons and features of the DualSense wireless controller.” According to a press release shared by Business Wire (link), that 8-inch display will be LCD and is capable of 1080p output at 60fps. Over Remote Play, though? That remains to be seen.
Lastly, there is one major positive in Project Q, and that’s its usage of the DualSense’s buttons and features. Likely, this means that Project Q will support haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. That’s nice, as many of the best PS5 games would certainly feel strange without them (looking at you, Returnal).
Take a sneak peek at new accessories revealed at today’s Showcase — the Project Q device for playing games installed on your PS5 and streamed over WiFi, plus our first official wireless earbuds offering lossless audio on PS5 and PC.More details to come in the months ahead. pic.twitter.com/0nzemSWSCVMay 24, 2023
The low hanging fruit when it comes to Project Q is its design. Admittedly, it does look a little ridiculous, what with its tablet-like display looking like it's been forcibly sliced a DualSense pad in half. Curiously, Project Q lacks the DualSense’s frontal touchpad, so one has to think the screen will have some form of touch capability.
Undoubtedly the biggest question
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