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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...

Sony needs to publish digital PS Vita sales, and quick!

Digital sales are brilliant for developers in most respects. Quick metrics, simple to update code, easy to discount or offer in sales, and rapid payments from the publisher. However, for publishers they can act as a double-edged sword as digital sales information is rarely shared with the rest of the world.

Sony needs to publish the number of its PS Vita digital sales from the start to show developers that it is worth developing for and so publishers can add the digital sales to retail numbers to create a more realistic chart. That way everyone can see just how well things are going and a big part of the "PSV is doomed" argument can be removed.

With the tech-literate Japanese gaming market, I'm sure the majority of games purchases are now digital and Sony is only damaging itself by refusing to reveal the numbers.

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