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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 ...

PlayStation Games Unlimited would be pretty smart

Having just tried out Music Unlimited (a service I wouldn't piss on, if it was on fire) I have greater hopes for Sony's next venture. If the rumours are true and the fates align, Sony will buy game streaming-to-a-browser service Gaikai and turn that browser into your PS3 or PS Vita's screen. And the content for a PlayStation Games Unlimited subscription service will be pretty much every PSone and PS2 game (licensing issues aside).



So, Games Unlimited would offer pretty much the history of Sony gaming streamed to your Vita for a monthly rental fee. That would be pretty amazing, and more efficient than buying each game, downloading it and juggling storage as your Vita card fills up (once PSone compatibility is enabled). Plus, if there is some reason the Vita can't handle PS2 games natively, the streaming service gets neatly around it. PS3, and eventually PS4 owners, would also benefit from the easy to access to a huge amount of games.

More people would probably pay £6.99 a month for this service to access a huge library of games than dropping the odd £6.99 every few months when another PSone game struggles onto the PSN store. Sony rakes in more cash, older games get more exposure and Sony has a mighty big stick to sell cheap(ish) PS3s with a subscription and, maybe, the same for PS Vita later on.

That service could also be streamed directly to Sony phones, tablets, TVs and so on (which is why we probably won't see an Xperia Play 2). With such a wide audience, I can't see third party publishers refusing to let their games appear and there's no reason it can't stretch to 16-bit and 8-bit eras in one almighty MAME-on-demand service.

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