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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...

Last of the old-style PS Vita charts

I don't mean any great arty upgrade or design change is coming, just the text ma'am! However, with the release schedule packed full of new stuff, hopefully, those perennial launch games lurking in the top 10 will now start to shuffle gracefully off to make way for new titles.

Okay, FIFA will be replaced by FIFA 13 (or whatever EA want to call it), but the others should make a sedate exit. Unless all those (hopefully) bus-loads of new Vita owners decide to keep buying ModNation Racers and Everybody's Golf because they're cheap.

POS.  TITLE  PUBLISHER  LAST  WEEKS WEEK  ON CHART
1  -  FIFA FOOTBALL EA SPORTS 1 26
2  -  UNCHARTED: GOLDEN ABYSS SONY COMPUTER ENT. 2 26
3  -  RAYMAN ORIGINS UBISOFT 3 26
4  -  METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION KONAMI 4 8
5  -  LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 5 9
6  -  RESISTANCE: BURNING SKIES SONY COMPUTER ENT. 6 12
7  -  MODNATION RACERS: ROAD TRIP SONY COMPUTER ENT. 7 26
8  +  EVERYBODY'S GOLF SONY COMPUTER ENT. 10 26
9  -  MORTAL KOMBAT WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 9 16
10 _ GRAVITY RUSH SONY COMPUTER ENT. 8 10

Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2012 UKIE Ltd

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