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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...

What Was Missing on Vita at E3? The Games We Still Want

As mentioned earlier, there are several other shows this year where so-far unveiled Vita games will break cover, so what was missing from the line up shown so far?

Well the most obvious candidate is a Gran Turismo game for Vita. Just upscaling the PSP's four-car-on-the-track version really won't cut it. That's begging for a Tokyo Game Show release, as is the PSP's biggest title Monster Hunter.

Also missing, for a while now, has been Syphon Filter, which had a nice little niche on the PSP and were probably the best sneaky shooters until Peace Walker turned up. Resistance is also missing from the list, although the upscaled PSP Retribution game should fill in the gap until a proper title emerges. Other favourites on the PSP were the Ratchet and Clank games, Ace Combat and Grand Theft Auto, surely there will be some news on them soon.

Finally there's the games that were never going to make it to PSP, how about the Half Life or Portal series getting a run out on the Vita. Could Rockstar manage to bundle Red Dead Redemption in there or how about a Fable game from Lionhead? Elder Scrolls was cancelled on PSP, so an NGP version by way of apology would be appreciated and lastly, the biggest cat in the house, surely a proper Modern Warfare game can be crammed into the Vita's carts.

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