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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...

Japanese sales see 3rd Super Robot Wars dominate

Despite a stonking 121K sales and taking No. 1, 3rd Super Robot Wars from Bandai failed to help shift Vita hardware. The unit sale numbers dropped around 5K on the previous week, back to its recent baseline of around 22K. Sword Art Online Lost Song sold another 23K, while Minecraft continues to do well, sticking in the top 10 for another week, shifting 15,000.


The Vita is now 100,000 total sales down on last year, and no game since FFX-HD seems to be able to trigger high-level hardware numbers. So, what's it to be Sony, new hardware or some major existing IP game announcements?

Media Create chart:

01./00. [PSV] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku-Hen (Bandai Namco Games) - 121.219 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku-Hen (Bandai Namco Games) - 109.200 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Xenoblade Chronicles 3D |new 3DS| (Nintendo) ) - 56.932 / NEW
04./02. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Lost Song # (Bandai Namco Games) - 23.279 / 162.577 (-83%)
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09./14. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) - 15.880 / 73.100 (-25%)
10./07. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (Bandai Namco Games) - 14.945 / 69.252 (-72%)
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13./09. [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2015 (Konami) - 11.211 / 57.537 (-76%)
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20./10. [PSV] Senran Kagura Estival Versus # (Marvelous) - 8.297 / 52.845 (-81%)

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