The PlayStation Portal Is Back In Stock Once Again At Best Buy
Three years after the launch of the PS5, PlayStation released the PlayStation Portal. A handheld device you pair with your PS5 so you can play games remotely, provided you have a stable WiFi connection, your PS5 is turned on, and it isn't being used for something else. Those limitations resulted in a lot of people slating the Portal when it was revealed. However, the inability to find them since then has confirmed a lot more people are into it.
The Portal's pre-orders sold out fast, and stock of the device has been snapped up almost immediately every time it has popped back up. The only time it stayed in stock for longer than a few minutes was directly through PlayStation earlier this year, but even the creators of the device sold out of its second wave of stock eventually. Now the Portal is back at Best Buy, but you'll need to be quick if you want one.
A link to the PlayStation Portal's Best Buy store page can be found in the box below. It has been more than three months, and quite a few restocks, since the Portal launched, so you'd have to think eventually, much like the PS5, they won't be in such high demand that only those keeping tabs on Portal restocks will be able to get one. Perhaps today is that day, and even if you're reading this a few hours after the article went live, the Portal might still be in stock at Best Buy.
The PlayStation Portal is a handheld companion to Sony's PlayStation 5 console. Based around the features of a DualSense controller and Remote Play, it features an eight-inch LCD screen at 1080p resolution capable of 60fps, a headphone jack for wired audio.
This feels like a combination of people wanting the Portal, but also PlayStation underestimating just how popular its handheld device would be. It might have even eased off on production after the negative reactions to the Portal's reveal, and it has been playing catch up ever since. That many people wanting your high-end, pretty expensive device is a great problem for PlayStation to have,
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