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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 ...

WikiPad, the next threat to the PS Vita

Phones, consoles, cloud gaming, all of these are eating away at the market share of traditional forms of console gaming. The next one in the queue is the gaming tablet, notably the WikiPad. While it is overpriced (even Sony still hasn't managed to figure that no-brainer out for its latest Xperia tablet), the huge amount of games for Android (and the minor addition of PlayStation Mobile) will give it a huge library advantage over the Vita.



You would have thought that the creator would probably has been better off designing a controller to fit the iPad, Galaxy Nexus and the upcoming Kindle Fire, all of which have sold (and will sell) millions, creating a far larger potential user base.

The WikiPad is going onsale at the end of October in America, priced at $499 with a quad core Tegra processor. However, due to the huge numbers of those sub-$200 tablets being launched and sold at the same time, it doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell. But, that doesn't bode well for the Vita either with families stocking up on cheap tablets.

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