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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...

PSP Rocking the Japanese game charts

Wow, is it 2010? The PSP has seven games in the Japanese Top 20, including new No. 1 Tales of the Heroes. The Vita - ummm - no games in the top 20, but I don't think anything new came out this week, and its sales dropped another 1,000 down to 11,200 - which is still helping up the numbers, but clearly shows it needs a boost in some form.



[PSP] 01. Tales of the Heroes Twin Brave (Namco Bandai): 85,309
[3DS] 02. Harvest Moon Hajimari no Daichi (Marvelous AQL): 81,131
[PS3] 03. Naruto Ultimate Storm Generation (Namco Bandai): 65,758
[PSP] 04. I Have Few Friends Portable (Namco Bandai): 56,969
[PS3] 05. Asura’s Wrath (Capcom): 30,308
[PSP] 06. Nendoroid Generation (Namco Bandai): 21,991
[3DS] 07. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo): 21,400 (1,370,176)
[3DS] 08. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo): 20,744 (1,527,266)
[3DS] 09. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom): 17,841 (1,267,675)
[PS3] 10. Idolmaster G4U Pack Vol.5 (Namco Bandai): 17,038
[PS3] 11. Binary Domain (Sega): 14,905 (88,589)
[PSP] 12. Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5 Kazahanaki (Tecmo Koei): 12,630 ()
[3DS] 13. Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom): 12,210 (244,116)
[PS3] 14. Touch Shot! Love Application (Compile Heart): 11,077
[3DS] 15. Theatrhytym Final Fantasy (Square Enix): 10,786 (77,993)
[PS3] 16. Gal Gun (Alchemist): 9,002
[3DS] 17. New Love Plus (Konami): 8,644 (113,613)
[PSP] 18. Samurai Warriors 3Z Special (Tecmo Koei): 8,178 (25,303)
[PSP] 19. Moujuuzukai to Oujisama Snow Bride Portable (Idea Factory): 8,044
[PSP] 20. Suikoden (Konami): 7,607 (83,086)

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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