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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 ...

Disgaea 3 in at No. 3 on the UK Vita chart

A disturbance in The Force this week as the new Disgaea 3 Absence of Detention  rumbles into the Vita's top 10 UK sales, with a solid performance. The top two duo of FIFA and Uncharted swap places again in their long-running tango, with some minor shuffling to make way for the new release.

1 FIFA FOOTBALL EA SPORTS
2 UNCHARTED: GOLDEN ABYSS SONY COMPUTER
3 new DISGAEA 3: ABSENCE OF DETENTION KOEI
4 UNIT 13 SONY COMPUTER ENT
5 RAYMAN ORIGINS UBISOFT
6    EVERYBODY'S GOLF SONY COMPUTER ENT
7 WIPEOUT 2048 SONY COMPUTER ENT
8 MODNATION RACERS: ROAD TRIP SONY COMPUTER ENT
9 ASPHALT INJECTION UBISOFT
10 LITTLE DEVIANTS

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2012 UKIE Ltd UKIE, see the rest of the charts including All Formats Top 20 here, which Disgaea failed to make a dent in.

As mentioned last week, F1 2011 has rocketed up Sony's PSN popularity stakes due to its Chinese GP weekend-only price cut, leading the full-price games among the Vita's stellar line up of cheaper digital releases. (Note to Sony, please sort out the Latest page of the Vita store by release date now, that's a long list to wade through alphabetically for new games.)

UK PSN Top Sellers (as of Monday)

1. MotorStorm RC
2. Escape Plan
3. Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
4. F1 2011
5. Plants vs. Zombies
6. Super Stardust Delta
7. Unit 13
8. Hustle Kings
9. Rayman Origins
10. Ridge Racer

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