Previously called Project Q, Sony has revealed that their new handheld streaming device is called the PlayStation Portal and will retail for a hefty $199.

The Portal is essentially a PlayStation Dualsense controller with a m 8″ LCD screen shoved in the middle. As I’ve discussed earlier, the Portal is not a follow-up to the PSP – it’s limited purely to streaming games directly from a PlayStation 5 using the Remote Play function.

This streaming ability comes with a few other caveats, too. First, you have to own a PS5, and second, the game you want to stream must be installed on the console. That means you can’t pick up a Portal and a Playstation Premium subscription and use it to play all of the latest and greatest games.

You can, however, use the Portal away from your own home network. Provided your console is on and you can connect to a network, or perhaps through your phone’s hotspot feature, you can stream games. Of course, this vastly increases the likelihood of latency becoming an issue.

IGN was given some hands-on time with the Portal, and during the video mentioned that it doesn’t support blu-tooth. Instead, Sony has opted for a standard 3.5mm jack and their new PlayStation Link which is a propriety wireless connection. Currently, only Sony’s own upcoming PlayStation earbuds and Pulse Elite headset have this, though they say other manufacturers will be able to support Link if they want.

Maybe I’m just a cynical douchebag, but I’m not sure the Portal needs to exist. For the most part, it’s designed to be used around the home, perhaps because someone else wants to use the main TV. In that case, you’d be cheaper buying something like the Backbone which turns your phone into a controller. Sure, the Portal does boast all of the Dualsense’s fancy features, but $200 is a lot for a handheld that still needs a PlayStation 5 to work.