This is most likely at least two years away, but maybe faster. Anyways, the gamepad is not portable at all. I can't even take it to my bathroom or my kitchen. In my current house, I only get signal in my bedroom, and some in the hallway. In my parents house, I got signal in the basement where I put the Wii U, and their dinning room, and some of their living room. You only get a few rooms tops in your house, I wouldn't call that portable. Portable means I can take it on the bus, airplane, outside, etc.