PlayStation Portal Player Launches December 10 in Japan for ¥39,980

Sony Interactive Entertainment will sell a Japan-only PlayStation Portal Player in Midnight Black on December 10, 2026, priced at ¥39,980 including tax. The new handheld comes with one month of PlayStation Plus Premium and adds internal storage to the Portal line.

The hardware still has an 8-inch 1080p/60fps display, 3D Audio, haptic feedback and DualSense adaptive triggers.

Remote Play sends a game running on your PS5 to the Portal over Wi-Fi; cloud streaming runs the game on Sony’s servers instead, so you can play supported PS5 games on the device without owning a console at all. The PS Plus Premium tier covers that service, and Sony says the catalog includes Monster Hunter Wilds and Ghost of Yōtei, with Dragon Quest III joining the Game Catalog in November. Our November PS Plus lineup tracks the current monthly rotation.

Sony has renamed the product from PlayStation Portal Remote Player to PlayStation Portal Player. It will only run in Japan, its system language is Japanese only, and it requires a PlayStation account registered to Japan. Reservations open November 13 at 10 a.m. JST through PlayStation retailers and online stores. Sony says the new storage is for possible future functions, but it has not announced what those functions are or when they will arrive.

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