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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...

God Wars battles up the Media Create chart

God Wars, having claimed a 100K worldwide sales limps into the Japanese top then this week, with only 10,000 sales across Vita and PS4. Throw in perhaps the same for digital sales and that makes the game quite the global hit. Interesting to see if that will nudge more Japanese developers and publishers to spin out their games around the world faster?

08./00. [PSV] God Wars: Future Past (Kadokawa) - 5.291 / NEW
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10./00. [PS4] God Wars: Future Past Kadokawa) - 5.039 / NEW
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15./11. [PSV] Minecraft (Mojang) {2015.03.19} 3.061 / 1.167.241 (+4%)

On the hardware front, the Vita sells just over 4,000 for about the trillionth straight week. I'm pretty sure someone at Sony is being sent around to buy stock up from the stores, that Sony then push back into the channel creating some twisted cycle of sales purgatory.


Over in Famitsu land, a couple of Vita titles get reviewed, with the boob fest of OLZ doing suspiciously well.

Omega Labyrinth Z – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
Touhou Genso Maroku W: The Devil of Decline – 6/7/6/7 [26/40]

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