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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 ...

Sony dropping game activations from 5 to 2 per user

It has always seemed a little excessive that you can download one game and play it on five machines. I mean, I get having a PSP and a PS3, and maybe a spare machine - but five? Anyway, Sony's putting an end to that from the middle of November, reducing the activations from 5 to 2 FOR NEW GAMES ONLY.

That means you can still have your old PSOne games or others across your PSP, PS3 and Vita - and will only need to download new games to your Vita and PS3. Makes sense to me, I'm sure a lot of gamers will moan, as they always do. If you have games registered to a bricked PS3 or PSP, you can use the website to deactivate them for installing on newer machines.

UPDATED - Sony's blog has the formal news

Sony says this is to keep the copyright holders happy, and if the Vita and future PS3 games *cough* Grand Theft Auto V *cough* are going to be downloaded by the majority only, then its fair enough. The update will take place in mid-November in Japan and presumably by rolled out everywhere else shortly after.

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