All our burning Qs about PlayStation’s Project Q

On Wednesday, Sony introduced maybe its weirdest gadget shortly: Project Q, a handheld machine designed solely to play video games streamed out of your PS5. It’s principally an 8-inch LCD display screen with the 2 halves of a DualSense grafted to the perimeters, and will probably be in a position to play video games out of your PS5 at as much as 1080p and 60fps over Wi-Fi by way of Distant Play. It’s presupposed to launch later this yr.

That’s just about all Sony mentioned in regards to the machine throughout its PlayStation Showcase. In case you’re something like The Verge’s newsroom, you would possibly nonetheless have a lot of questions, so we wrote some out. (Some are much less critical than others.) And tell us your questions within the feedback!

• Precisely when will it come out? (Reportedly November, however we’d just like the official phrase.)
• How a lot will it price?
• How lengthy is the battery life?
• What processor is in it? Can it run Android?
• Will there be a mobile possibility? And can it’s an AT&T exclusive?
• Do you promise to not use the phrases “Stream” or “Deck” once you give it a reputation? Elgato’s already got it bad enough.
• How are you going to probably compete with (a $99 gamepad in your cellphone / a $200 Android handheld / a $400 Steam Deck / actually plugging a DualSense right into a laptop computer) if all this does is stream PS5 video games, and all of these can try this and extra?
• Why associate with Spine on two mobile controllers in the event you’re simply gonna make this factor?
• Does it use any particular know-how to make Distant Play work extra easily? Maybe skip the router with Wi-Fi Direct to the PS5?
• Are you able to play it wired to the PS5 by way of USB-C for much less lag? In case you inform me that’s silly, have you ever heard of a thing called the PSVR 2?
• How lengthy till somebody makes a Vita emulator for it?
• Will it be capable of play any cloud video games?
• Why is it so ugly?
• The place did the DualSense’s touchpad go? Does it imply that I’ve to the touch the display screen as a substitute?
• How did you choose an 8-inch display screen at a time most each different handheld has standardized on a 7-inch display screen because the candy spot?
• Can a developer select to make use of the machine for second-screen options?
• Does it work as a Sheikah Slate? How a couple of Purah Pad?
• Can Mission Q be used instead of one other controller for native multiplayer video games?
• What occurs in the event you get stick drift? (Padme meme: you’re going to make use of Hall effect joysticks, proper? Proper?)
• Will it have a dock?
• Is there any media playback assist? Or assist for apps like Twitch and YouTube?
• Is that this PlayStation’s Wii U second?
• Wii U. Wii U. Wii U. Sorry, simply take pleasure in saying that out loud.
• Will it do something moreover stream PS5 video games?
• Are you launching PlayStation Amiibos subsequent? Are you able to make ones for Astro’s Playroom, please?
• Does Q imply Life?
• Does it have a headphone jack?