Sony is releasing a revised PlayStation Portal, now called the PlayStation Portal Player, with more built-in storage than before. The company says the space is there for future features, and it has not said what they are or how much storage there is.
The new Midnight Black model goes on sale on 10 December in Japan and South Korea only. In Japan it costs ¥39,980 including tax, and in South Korea the recommended price is ₩378,000. Pre-orders open on 13 November at 10am in Japan, and each unit includes a one-month PlayStation Plus Premium voucher.
Everything else is as before. Sony’s Japanese PlayStation Blog post lists the same 8-inch 1080p LCD at up to 60fps, 3D audio support, haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. The name change, from Portal Remote Player, reflects how the device is used now: it launched in 2023 as a way to stream games from a PS5 at home, and gained direct cloud streaming from the PlayStation Plus Premium service in 2025, so a console is no longer required.
Both versions are locked to their market. The Japanese unit works only with a Japanese-language system and PlayStation accounts registered to Japan, and Sony’s Korean post says the Korean unit is the same, limited to Korean and to accounts set to South Korea. The Korean post adds that cloud streaming launched in the country last month, and describes the storage as an expansion of the internal space, not a new addition.
The bundled voucher matters because cloud streaming needs a PlayStation Plus Premium subscription. Sony’s Japanese post names Final Fantasy XVI and Rise of the Ronin among hundreds of catalogue games that stream at no extra cost, and says Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake joins the catalogue this month, with Dynasty Warriors Origins due in December. Players who own a PS5 can still use Remote Play over Wi-Fi to reach games installed on the console. Sony lists a minimum of 5Mbps for the connection and recommends 15Mbps, and says streaming quality depends on the network.
Games that need VR headsets or accessories other than DualShock 4, DualSense or DualSense Edge controllers do not work on the Portal, and titles that must stream through Premium on a PS5 cannot be played over Remote Play. Those limits are listed in the footnotes of both Sony posts and apply to the new model as they did to the old one.
Sony says it will share details of the storage-backed features once they are decided. It has announced nothing beyond the two countries.
