PS Portal Is By Far the UK's Most Popular Gaming Accessory Right Now 1
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Back when Sony’s streaming handheld PS Portal was announced, an enormous 33 per cent of you polled on Push Square said you had zero interest in the device. Well, as it turns out, you’re in the minority, because the Remote Play portable is proving a runaway hit for the platform holder.

In the UK, for the month of July, the unit was once again the industry’s best-selling accessory. It’s worth noting that this data is ranked by revenue, and the PS Portal is one of the more expensive items on the market, but there are other pricey peripherals available, like the DualSense Edge, which aren’t performing quite as well. The item has seen similar success in the United States, too.

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“In the UK, the Sony PS Portal Remote Player has been consistently the No 1 or No 2 best-selling gaming accessory by revenue since launch in November 2023,” pointed out GfK analyst Dorian Bloch, as reported by GamesIndustry.biz. “Only in January this year was it outside the top two due to stock issues.”

All of this suggests Sony has struck gold here. We suspect devices like PS Portal will become a big part of its hardware strategy moving forward, and we expect it to continue to iterate upon its Remote Play technology and offer better streaming accessories moving forwards.

It’s perhaps proof, yet again, that the platform holder knows its market best.

Did you buy a PS Portal? (4,844 votes)

  1. Yes, I had one pre-ordered24%
  2. Yeah, I bought one4%
  3. Not yet, but I plan on buying one16%
  4. Nah, I'm undecided13%
  5. Nope, and I probably won't be buying one19%
  6. No, the PS Portal just isn't for me24%

How often do you use remote play with your PS5? (3,553 votes)

  1. I use remote play a lot9%
  2. I use it fairly regularly10%
  3. Eh, every now and then14%
  4. I rarely use it23%
  5. I've never used remote play44%

[source gamesindustry.biz]