Sony has a habit of presenting big hardware changes as a matter of fact. You could say that's why I was surprised to see it preemptively announce that physical PS5 discs won't be a thing by 2028, as I was fully expecting the PS6 to simply rock up without a disc drive. However, that doesn't mean it's not hoping certain monumental trends will be naturally embraced before anyone has time to react, and the PlayStation Portal has sort of already signalled some upsetting handheld ambitions.
Yes, I know plenty of people love the PlayStation Portal, and I can see why. Those full-sized DualSense controls give even the best gaming handhelds a run for their money, and you could say it even influenced the Xbox ROG Ally X to embrace controller grips. Those perks have earned it plenty of praise, but I can look past how it dangled an always-online streaming device in front of us dressed up as a promising PS Vita successor.
