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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 ...

Japanese game and hardware sales, another sphincter-clenching grimace for Sony executives?

Another week, another sphincter-clenching grimace for Sony executives, what will the numbers be this week?

From 4gamer, here's a pretty little chart to show things in perspective, the Vita is up a couple of hundred sales from last week, on the software front, a deluxe version of Samurai and Dragons shifts a mere 6,000 copies, a new PSP game rolls into the top three and there are five PSP games in the top 20.


Software charts:

1 Dragon's Dogma (PS3) 302,040 NEW
2 Mario Open Tennis (3DS) 101,645 NEW
3 Prince Sana (PSP) 61,376 NEW
4 Dragon's Dogma (X360) 29,000 NEW
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17 Samurai and Dragons Deluxe 6,072 NEW

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