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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 ...

PSP Storms to No. 1 in Japan with new Super Robot Wars

Why isn't the Vita selling in massive quantities in Japan? Because the PSP is still getting all the best games would be a fair answer (and Japanese gamers are smelling blood and waiting for that dripping price cut). Again, a PSP title sits on top of the charts, this time - Super Robot Wars Z 2, which sold over a quarter of a million UMDs to happy portable gamers.

With three other PSP titles in the top 20, the venerable system is doing great and Sony is now probably suffering a backlash from the huge PSP sales that it was enjoying well into late 2011. There's more to come too with a new Akiba's Trip and plenty of other games recently announced for PSP. While Sony is still selling loads of PSPs too, it probably won't feel the need to cut the Vita's price, but every week lets the 3DS race further and further ahead.



The top three looks like this:


[PSP] 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Saisei Volume (Namco Bandai, 04/05/12) – 265,439 (New)
[3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (Square Enix, 03/29/12) – 42,231 (255,810)
[PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami, 03/29/12) – 26,908 (87,049)

And the hardware charts show the Vita suffering a sizeable drop below the 10K mark:


3DS – 72,115 (121,921)
PlayStation 3 – 19,370 (23,771)
PSP – 14,804 (18,356)
PlayStation Vita – 8,931 (12,105)
Wii – 7,099 (9,292)

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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