PlayStation Portal Player: Japan-only Midnight Black model on December 10 for ¥39,980, with new internal storage and a new name

Video: “広がる、遊びの可能性。| PlayStation Portal™ プレーヤー（日本語専用）” (“Expanding the possibilities of play”, Japanese), official PlayStation Japan YouTube channel, November 9, 2026 (2:00 a.m. Paris time), 1 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLf9sP0UUzk

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on November 9, 2026, on PlayStation.Blog Japan, a new model of its handheld streaming device: the “PlayStation Portal Player Midnight Black (Japanese only)”. It goes on sale in Japan on Thursday, December 10, 2026 at a suggested price of ¥39,980 including tax. It is the first Portal model with internal storage, but Sony has not said what that storage will be used for or how much there is. The model is locked to Japan: the system language is Japanese only and it only works with a PlayStation account whose country/region is Japan. No release of this model outside Japan has been announced.

Release: Thursday, December 10, 2026, in Japan only. Price: ¥39,980 including tax. Pre-orders: from Friday, November 13 at 10:00 a.m. Japan time, i.e. 2:00 a.m. Paris time on November 13, at PlayStation retailers and online stores across Japan. The box includes a one-month PlayStation Plus Premium voucher, so a buyer without a PS5 can start cloud streaming supported PS5 games right away.

Sony says the new model adds internal storage “with future features in mind” and will share details on those features once they are decided. Capacity and purpose: not announced. Sony also renames the device from “PlayStation Portal Remote Player” to “PlayStation Portal Player”, explaining that the Portal launched in 2023 as a Remote Play device for a PS5 at home, then gained cloud streaming in 2025, so it can now be used without a PS5 through PlayStation Plus Premium.

Speculation, not confirmed: The Verge suggests the name change and storage could point to streaming apps or offline media. Sony has confirmed nothing of the sort.

According to Sony, the new model keeps the 8-inch 1080p/60fps LCD screen, 3D Audio, and the main DualSense features such as haptic feedback and adaptive triggers (in supported PS5 games). It requires broadband Wi-Fi (5 Mbps minimum, 15 Mbps recommended). Remote Play needs a PS5 connected to the internet, powered on or in rest mode and paired with the device; games that require PS VR or PS VR2 or peripherals other than DUALSHOCK 4, DualSense or DualSense Edge are not supported.

Cloud streaming requires PlayStation Plus Premium. Sony cites hundreds of PS5 games in the Game Catalog and Classics Catalog, such as Final Fantasy XVI, Rise of the Ronin and The Exit 8, and says thousands of PS5 titles support cloud streaming, including Monster Hunter Wilds, Ghost of Yōtei and free-to-play games like NTE: Neverness to Everness and Genshin Impact. In the same post, Sony says Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake joins the Game Catalog in November (November 17 according to Gematsu) and Dynasty Warriors: Origins in December.

Probably not for now: Sony says the device can only be used with a Japanese PlayStation account and in Japanese, so it will not work with a European account. If you are in France or elsewhere in Europe, the current PlayStation Portal model remains the one sold locally; Sony has not announced this new model, its storage or its new name for other regions as of November 10, 2026.

Sources (read November 10, 2026, about 11:55 a.m. Paris time):

Official announcement (in Japanese), PlayStation.Blog Japan, Sony Interactive Entertainment, November 9, 2026: https://blog.ja.playstation.com/2026/11/09/20261109-playstation-portal-announcement-o/

Official video “広がる、遊びの可能性。| PlayStation Portal™ プレーヤー（日本語専用）”, PlayStation Japan YouTube channel, November 9, 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLf9sP0UUzk

Gematsu, “PlayStation Portal Midnight Black Japan-only model announced”, November 8, 2026 (EST): https://www.gematsu.com/2026/11/playstation-portal-midnight-black-japan-only-model-announced

Famitsu (in Japanese), November 9, 2026: https://www.famitsu.com/article/202611/93456

The Verge, November 2026 (analysis of the possible use of the storage, not confirmed by Sony): https://www.theverge.com/news/1029822/sony-playstation-portal-japan-model-additional-storage

Image: official PlayStation Portal Player (Japanese only) key visual, © Sony Interactive Entertainment, as published with the announcement (copy hosted by Gematsu). Original file: https://www.gematsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/PS-Portal_11-08-26.jpg