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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 to hit the 10% (currently 7%-ish) adoption rate among PS5 owners that would make it a bone fide hit gadget.   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 cool. Assuming the 120HZ streaming is solid, an OLED would be the more welcome addition, especially with the latest generation of technology offering QD-OLED (Quantum Dot-OLED), WOLED (White-OLED) and other buzzy titles for smarter display.  Whatever ...

Japan Finally Gets PSN Store Back This Week

Due to lots of legal/regulatory pressure, Japan will only get its PSN store back in a couple of days on July 6. The longest of the PSN outages was due to extra testing for the service, which presumably is now Fort Knox-like in protection.

Given that Japan is Sony's biggest PSP market, it (and other games devs) will have felt the most impact from the loss of service and there must be a pretty huge queue of new content ready to go up. Add in the demand for Japan's Welcome Back package and expect a fair amount of the same bedlam we got over here.

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