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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 rumored to be bringing good Vita news to Gamescom

UPDATE: Now less than three weeks until the show, and not a peep out of Sony's usual cheerleaders. That's good in they've learned their lesson, but worrying in that if there was any kind of good news, someone would be dropping at least a few hints about it. The only news I can find is about the VR Morpeus set and Project Cars being on show. Perhaps the new Bioshock remaster rumour is 2K's reaction to the good Borderlands sales?

Sony could show a Horace Goes Skiing reboot (ask your granddad) at Gamescom, and that would already make it a better effort than the company's howlingly poor E3 fuck-up. However, one of those gobby friends-on-the-inside rumour mongers is suggesting that Sony will manage to put on a good show come the big European games show in August.


He also predicts one sizeable announcement, although if that's just Sony having managed to armbar Square Enix into submission to do a Vita version of Final Fantasy Type-0 then its a little bit late. Other options are yet another resurrected oldie, alongside Grim Fandango, which isn't even exclusive to PlayStation now. Favourites on that list include Shenmue, or they could just drag over a few more current Japanese games, while the GTA Stories rumors continue to blow hot and cold.

Frankly I won't get in the least bit excited until I see actual game code running on a Vita screen, but after humiliating itself at E3, Sony deserves at least one more shot at redemption, and then something cool out of Tokyo Games Show to round off the year.

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