How much did PlayStation Portal sell? Sony has not released any data on the matter but the VP of the Product Management division of Sony Interactive Entertainment America reveals some interesting details about it.
According to what was declared by Hiromi WakaiSony would be satisfied with the reception given to PlayStation Portal: “we don't have numbers to share with the public or the press but I can tell you that the demand for Portal has exceeded Sony's initial expectations.”
So no official data but it seems that the steSony was surprised by the first sales resultswith PlayStation Portal becoming the fourth best-selling console in the US as of November 2023.
Sony has specifically asked companies that analyze sales to consider PlayStation Portal a console and not an accessory, which is why Circana (formerly NPD Group) has added Portal sales to overall console sales in the United States since last November, the month of its debut on the market for this product. It's unclear how many units were actually distributed to retailers but the first weeks of launch seem to have been rather positive on a commercial level.
Speaking of Sony devices for Remote Play, in recent days a Google engineer hacked PlayStation Portal and managed to run the PSP emulator on it.