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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...

Vita sales continue to slide in Japan

The latest Media Create chart shows another 430 unit drop off in Vita sales over the week, as the Switch continues to sell strong. That down to around 7,500 for the week, still not bad for Sony's creaky old hardware.

On the software front, Accel World vs SAO creeps toward 50K as it drops down to No. 7 while Minecraft sneaks back into the top 20, still selling 4K a week and now up to 1.13 million physical copies. Perhaps that's why Sony Japan has some renewed focus on the Vita, if only for kids. No sign of Side Kicks in the MC chart, perhaps it'll appear in Famitsu's later.

UPDATE: Side Kicks sold a decent 3,200 (60-80% of its initial production run) for 25th place in Famitsu's chart. Digital could well double that, but a shame that it wasn't more aggressively promoted, as the game seemed to offer something pretty different to the usual VNs, but that could be part of its problem.

This week sees Musou Stars release, but can't see gamers rushing out to buy a Vita for that, even if the software sales are decent, although likely below PS4 sales.


Last week's chart

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