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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 ...

The Vita: six months on in Japan, best sellers so far

Famitsu magazine has put up an article highlighting, (if that's the word), the Vita's first six months on the Japanese market. In effect, a third of all its sales happened in the first two weeks. But Sony is firmly looking forward on the strength of Persona's showing, and with a strong line-up for the next few months, plus the promise of new games to be shown in the Game Heaven and TGS show.

Total hardware sales: 790,633 units

Top 10 games:
01: Persona 4 The Golden (188,782)
02: Hot Shots Golf 6 (118,985)
03: Uncharted Golden Abyss (89,390)
04: Gravity Daze/Rush (74,785)
05: Dynasty Warriors Next (74,718)
06: Tales of Innocence R (71,463)
07: Lord of Apocalypse (69,162)
08: Ragnarok Odyssey (65,318)
09: Gundam Seed Battle Destiny (55,527)
10: Disgaea 3 Return (54,902)
Game sales of 788,314 for that lot make it seem like each Vita has just one game, but there are plenty of smaller selling titles out there. Also, this doesn't include digital downloads which are likely to be at a higher ratio in a culture well used, and happier, to download games and content than ours. Ragnarok recently celebrated over 100,000 sales, so you could easily add 30%+ to those numbers.

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