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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...

PS Vita confirmed as region free

In a burst of tweets in the last 10 minutes, Sony has confirmed the fact that the PSV is region free, something that had long been hinted at.

UPDATE: The President of Sony's worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida has recommended that people do not import PS Vita's from Japan. He says "There are people who are interested in importing the Japanese version of PS Vita from outside Japan, but I personally do not recommend that." in a tweet.

As originally posted below, I'm pretty sure this has to do with the 3G issue and local services, but there may be deeper problems, anyway you have been warned. I'll wait until the UK launch for this one.

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Don't get too excited though, the PSP was region free but my Jap original wouldn't recognise the UK comic store and the PSN news went straight to Tokyo.

Also, not sure how the 3G system works, that might not be globally compatible across CDMA and GSM networks. UPDATE - Checked this out, the Japanese model will be HSDPA/HSUPA *specification for Japanese region* - so won't work on UK networks. So, if you're going to import - get the WiFi version.

Finally, If there's just a few months to wait until a western launch, that's not as bad as the nine month delay on the PSP launch. Also, I will be happily raiding Amazon Japan, PlayAsia or anyone who will ship them, for some of the better games that won't make it out over here and there's bound to be a heap of them!

Finally, finally if this things sells as well as suspected in Japan, imports will be rare and super expensive.

Have a good weekend.

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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