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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...

Back off Holiday, Just in Time for GamesCom

Looks like I picked a good week to go on holiday, as the biggest PSP story was about some poor kid being mugged for his Sony handheld in  London during the riots, happily Sony have offered him a replacement but surely its only fair that they offer him a Vita too.

Now I'm all calm about a PS Vita release in 2012, I'm only interested in any new games that Sony has to announce at GamesCom this week and to see its plans to string out the PSP with only a smattering of games on the schedule. The new Madden PSP bundle in the States is the first step, but one that will only see it through the start of the NFL season - what will Sony offer European gamers?


On the games front, I have a load of minis to play through including OMG-Z which got some good press while I was out and Hysteria Project 2 which I'm downloading now (after a rather minimal looking firmware 6.60 update). It does seem a shame that these security updates are getting hacked almost as soon as they're out the door - what's the point of insecure security updates?

As my rather cacky posts from my phone last week showed, there's plenty of cool new stuff still heading to Japan - just have to hope for western releases on that lot. Over the last couple of weeks, the latest J-League football game and the cutesy Monster Hunter spin off sell over 110,000 copies on launch in  Japan, so there's no end in sight to the East's PSP gold rush. Anyway, good luck to everyone heading to GamesCom and let the news-fest commence!

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