PlayStation Portal update: Sony's plans for new features & improvements revealed

Sony vows for improvement

Sony PlayStation Portal has been on the news and making waves in the gaming industry since its debut. Unlike traditional handheld systems, it does not store games and instead streams them from your PS5, allowing you to play away from your television.

Following a substantial update that added cloud streaming capabilities, Sony is now looking ahead with plans for additional improvements based on user feedback. Let’s check out more details in this article.

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A successful launch year for the PS Portal

Hiromi Wakai, Vice President of Product Management at Sony Interactive Entertainment, recently spoke with Game File about the performance and future features of the PlayStation Portal, which has established a niche market with about 3% of PS5 owners purchasing it.

It’s interesting to note that PS Portal activity peaks at 9 p.m., an hour later than PS5 usage, which Wakai says may indicate that users are switching from console play to portable play, especially when the TV is occupied by other people in the house.

Wakai stressed Sony’s caution in updating the PlayStation Portal. The recent installation of a PS5 game-streaming beta demonstrated this philosophy, which aimed to provide the greatest possible user experience. She explained, “PS Portal was a new type of product for us, so we wanted to take extra precautions to guarantee our users had the greatest possible experience. We intend to maintain this strategy with PS Portal, taking incremental improvements based on community feedback on the beta.”

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Sony’s dedication to progressive updates indicates that the company is interested in listening to its users in order to improve the Portal’s functioning. With the device’s success and the promise of new features, 2025 appears to be an exciting year for PlayStation lovers, not only for anticipated game releases but also for hardware enhancements.

While precise specifics about future features are unknown, the emphasis on user feedback suggests that Sony may prioritize improving streaming quality, user interface enhancements, or introducing more standalone functions to make the Portal even more versatile.

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