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Possible new PlayStation Portal model pays homage to the Vita's OLED

While much of the focus on PlayStation's next steps is the PS6 and PS6 Portable , the two-year old PlayStation Portal could be getting a revamp according to those pesky internet rumours.  Update : Hints at pricing are around £/$250-299 for the new model, but everything remains deeply in rumours territory. Presumably the goal is to hit the 10% (currently 7%-ish) adoption rate among PS5 owners, something that would make it a bone fide hit gadget.   The recent February  PlayStation State of Play  saw no announcement. But, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than the distant cousin that most of its appearances suggest.  As the improvement in connectivity and streaming tech, proven by many gamers enjoying their PS5 or PlayStation Plus streamed content from around the world, an updated Portal Pro could be on the cards.  Possibly featuring a 120Hz display and an OLED screen in honour of the mighty Vita, that'd be coo...

Namco Rakes in the Cash on PSP, Looks Good For NGP

Financial reports are pretty dull, but a couple of things stand out about Namco's latest quarterly figures. For a start the company has had a massive 59 portable games out in Japan over the year, but only 12 in the west which shows how much more important the PSP (and DS) platforms are over there.



No wonder then that the PSP is the second best-selling platform for Namco, behind the PS3, raking in 4.5 million sales (and to think Capcom's Monster Hunter managed that on its own). We can also see that Namco has plans for 25 more PSP titles before this time next year, which is pretty healthy for an ageing system, outstripping the new and sexy 3DS which has 17 planned titles.





Top selling for PSP was God(s) Eater burst with 470,000 sales, so I'm fairly confident we can expect an NGP sequel to that to compete with MHP. Naruto and Tekken (whose developer says he wants to do an PSP2 version) have probably also performed solidly, and I hope Namco keeps up with Ace Combat as the NGP version would definitely rock.

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