Steam Deck vs. Playstation Portal: Comparing the Gaming Handhelds

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Now that we finally know more about the Playstation Portal, which was revealed back we thought it would be the perfect time to take a look at how it compares to the extremely popular Steam Deck.

In short, the two devices serve completely different purposes. While you can stream games from your gaming PC to the Steam Deck, the Steam Deck also allows you to install and run games natively, which is something the Playstation Portal can't do. That's the biggest difference between the two devices. There are plenty of people who use the Steam Deck as their primary way to play games via Steam. That literally cannot be the case for the Playstation Portal.

As such, the Playstation Portal is quite a bit cheaper, should probably have longer batter life, and has a higher resolution display. But that might not be worth it if you don't want to invest a couple hundred dollars into a secondary device for your gaming setup.

With its starting configuration, the Steam Deck is going to cost you $399. That gets you the same CPU and GPU as any other Steam Deck, but with just 64GB of eMMC storage – which is most often found in Chromebooks. You can upgrade to a 256GB NVMe SSD, which is much faster, for $529; or you can upgrade to a 512GB SSD with a beautiful anti-glare screen for $649.

The PlayStation Portal, on the other hand, launches for a much lower $199. This is because while it does have a significantly higher resolution display (and a bigger display) than the Steam Deck, it doesn't have the powerful innards that allow Valve's handheld to run games all on its own. However, there's a bit of a catch. Because the Playstation Portal doesn't support Bluetooth, as most devices in 2023 should, you may have to fork out some extra cash to buy new