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Sony's $199 PlayStation Portal just got infinitely more appealing with major update


Sony's $199 PlayStation Portal is all of a sudden a lot more appealing – if you're a PlayStation Plus Premium member

The PlayStation Portal just became a lot more useful in year two, as Sony announced that its remote player would be able to play select PS5 games from the cloud. Being able to remotely play triple-A PS5 games on the $199 PlayStation Portal, like Ghost of Tsushima, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, is a big deal for gamers who initially dismissed the accessory. Sony got a lot of flack from PlayStation gamers who wanted a true successor to the PSP that could play games outside your home.

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