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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...

Sony Showing off PSP2/NGP's LiveArea/Store/Social Interface

NGP will link games/stores and social details in a step up from existing console/PC products. A neat video from Japan (with English screens and voice over) shows how it all works, so beautiful and seamlessly, far beyond the likes of Apple's GameCenter and so on.



The video was posted on PSlifestyle, and there seems to be a lot more, but it cuts out shortly after this demo. Will be interesting to see if anything else springs up. Note its running on a 3G model but the best thing (for me) is the level of social interactivity within the game area.

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