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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 ...

A quiet but good week for Vita sales in Japan

Week 41 on the Media Create chart was a fairly restrained one, with no Vita new entries in the top 20. Tokyo Xanadu drops from No. 1, but passes the 100,000 mark. The next games of interest are Yomawari and God Eater Resurrection out on the 29th, see the release schedule for the impressive line up out to the end of the year.

01./06. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters (Level 5) - 28.244 / 1.627.659 (-14%)
02./00. [3DS] Famista Returns (Bandai Namco) - 25.597 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (Sony) - 24.867 / NEW
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07./01. [PSV] Tokyo Xanadu # (Nihon Falcom) - 15.535 / 104.415 (-83%)
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16./19. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony) - 7.574 / 359.173 (-7%)
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19./05. [PSV] Yoru no Nai Kuni # (Koei Tecmo) - 5.743 / 38.647 (-83%)

Despite that inactivity, Vita sales were firm, just above 15,000 for the week. If you want some good news, a peek at the chart shows the Vita tracking above last year's numbers for the last four weeks now.



See last week's sales info.

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