Sony‘s PlayStation Portal gamble has paid off, if sales are anything to go by. Eight months after its release, the PS5 accessory continues to sell in major markets. According to Circana, the PS5 remote player was U.S. market’s best-selling accessory in dollar sales for the month of May as well as the year 2024 to date.

Analysts, journalists, and industry professionals expressed a lot of skepticism when the PS Portal was first announced. In fact, the handheld was criticized for lacking a number of features at launch, including but not limited to its inability to cloud stream.

Meanwhile, Sony insisted that the PS Portal is a niche product designed to cater to a very specific market: those who want to play games on their PS5 away from the TV. The company promised improvements and more features that make sense going forward.