Between touchscreens, reimagined grip layouts, and patent filings that hint at how Sony might be thinking about the future, the question now isn’t just “Will this happen?” but “Should it?”

A clean, focused extension of the PS5 that respects your time, your library, and your comfort. If you judge it for what it is—not what the internet wanted it to be—the PlayStation Portal is one of Sony’s smartest hardware moves in years. And the haters? They got this one wrong.

As we quickly cycled through some test games, the Backbone One gaming controller required no firmware, apps, or mapping. It was automatically detected and was ready for use right out of the box — what more could you ask for?