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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...

Japan games and hardware sales, PSP frenzy as Digimon and Baseball storm the chart

Media Create's sales figures for Japanese games show a bustling PSP scene with seven PSP new entries and a single Vita game in the top 15. The new Digimon game proves some people are still collecting the little buggers, while the PSP's Powerful Pro Baseball gets an extra 12,000 sales on the Vita version.

01./00. [WII] Kirby's Dream Collection (Nintendo) - 100.286 / NEW
02./01. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) - 92.178 / 2.381.586 (-25%)
03./00. [3DS] Rune Factory 4 (Marvelous Entertainment) - 85.955 / NEW
04./00. [PSP] Digimon World Re:Digitize (Bandai Namco Games) - 85.817 / NEW
05./00. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) - 62.740 / NEW
06./02. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: (Bandai Namco Games) - 31.741 / 97.202 (-52%)
07./00. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) - 28.142 / NEW
08./00. [PSP] New Class of Heroes Mono: Toki no Gakuen (Acquire) - 19.284 / NEW
09./00. [PSP] Warriors Orochi 3 Special (Koei Tecmo)) - 18.136 / NEW
10./00. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) - 16.837 / NEW
11./00. [PSP] Record of Agarest War Mariage # (Compile Heart) - 14.556 / NEW
12./00. [PSP] Toki no Kizuna: Sekigahara Kitan # (Idea Factory) - 13.667 / NEW
13./04. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters # (Square Enix) - 12.820 / 825.273 (-30%)
14./09. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 10.969 / 492.383 (+21%)
15./00. [PSP] Ailu de Puzzle (Capcom) - 10.738 / NEW



On the hardware side, the Vita tallied around 12,000 sales while the PSP managed 13,000, still way behind the competition, although the 3DS has dropped to "just" 45,000 now.

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