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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 ...

PSP Dominates in Japan, Again! Hardware and Games Charts

Once again the PSP spanked the 3DS in the Japanese weekly sales, you have to put this down to the lack of great big-name games for Nintendo's new console and the PSP enjoying a particularly rosy patch, pretty much every week sees a new big-selling game arrive, this week its BazBlue II and Amagami storming into the chart, (although nothing could match Dragon Quest for the original DS) with six PSP games in the top 10.

Anyway, onto the numbers:

01 [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 163,008
02 [PSP] Amagami 69,221
03 [PSP] Final Fantasy IV: Complete Collection 31,382
04 [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7 26,493
05 [PSP] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II 23,808
06 [PS2] Amagami 17,261
07 [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 15,864
08 [PSP] Dissidia: 012 (Duodecim) Final Fantasy 15,223
09 [3DS] Pro Baseball Family Stadium 2011 12,851
10 [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity12,002

And for hardware:
  1. PlayStation Portable - 58,075
  2. Nintendo 3DS - 42,979
  3. PlayStation 3 - 27,453
  4. Nintendo DS(i) - 19,901
  5. Wii - 10,249
  6. PlayStation 2 - 1,996
  7. Xbox 360 - 1,789

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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