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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 ...

Sony buys Gaikai: PS1, PS2 and PS3 games from the clouds for Vita soon?

Perhaps this is why Sony has been holding back on PS One compatibility for the Vita. With the confirmed acquisition on cloud-streaming-games-service Gaikai for lots of dollars, Sony can now stream huge libraries of games in, what I hope, will be a subcription-based PlayStation Unlimited offering.

I think more gamers would happily pay £6.99 a month for a service with access to huge amounts of PS1, PS2 and even PS3 games, rather 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.

I'm sure Sony will still sell standalone PSOne games on Vita, very soon apparently, but this cloud service would be a huge opportunity for Sony to offer its back catalogue without all the fuss of firmware upgrades for piddling compatibility fixes and so on. That could also expand to Sony Xperia Phones and those funny tablets, but probably will soon be on iOS and other Android devices as an app to open up a huge potential market.

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