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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...

Is 2012 the year of tablet gaming?

The PS Vita has more of a grown-up gamer appeal to it than the 3DS, and Sony as a company has that slight adult vibe to it, whereas Nintendo is often seen as 'for the kids'. Microsoft, well kids love the Xbox, but its PC side is pretty much grown-up territory. That theme and sense of target audience could soon be threatened by the rise of tablet gaming and one device in particular shows the way forward.



Sure, its expensive, but Razer's Project Fiona PC gaming tablet at around $1,000 could be the executive toy of choice for serious gamers who want to get away from their big rigs or massive gaming notebooks. Expect this beast to hit the streets at the end of the year.

Of course, it only takes a decent controller gadget or a popular wireless controller and full-on console-style tablet gaming will take off massively. Game publishers will flock to launch their existing wares on iOS and Android where some 200 million new gamers are ready to be fed quality titles.

With this year's tablets soon to packing quad core processors, monster GFX chips and packing plenty of RAM, could 2012 be the year of tablet gaming, something that will kick consoles, traditional handhelds and the like into the fringes?

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