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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.   There's a PlayStation State of Play coming up on 12th February that might act as an announcement point. Certainly, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than a 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 ...

PSP Dominates Japan's Golden Week

Sorry for the radio silence, but Blogger is now back up and running, after a day long outage - but at least we didn't lose any posts, so on with the show:

First up is the news that the PSP maintained its hold on the top of the Japanese hardware charts:


  1. PlayStation Portable - 55,140
  2. Nintendo 3DS - 29,149
  3. PlayStation 3 - 20,883
  4. Nintendo DSi - 19,516
  5. Wii - 11,520 
Next up, the PSN service might be coming back up sometime soon (how many times have we said that in the last few weeks) VG24/7 has some detail on what is just a rumour, but anything to cheer us up. And that's it for a truncated Friday - take care!

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