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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...

The Vita Monster Hunter Rumour heard around the world

This translated piece of Japanese could put some major joy in the hearts of Vita gamers everywhere, or it could be the usual mix of plain wrong, mistake, misunderstanding or other cock-up.
"When Monster Hunter 4 3DS was postponed, it was because Capcom apparently began to explore the simultaneous release of the PSVita version, not because of the need to improve quality" - Source

UPDATE: As expected this glimmer of hope has been pretty much squashed by a Capcom bod. The only upside is, I figured okay, time to order a 3DS Monster Hunter bundle.... no such thing, which kind of makes you wonder what all the excitement is over?

The merits of it are being blown across the web, but as I've mentioned several times, Capcom said in 2008 that going forward, all its major titles will be multiformat. Timed exclusivity deals aside, MH is a big deal so there is a little hope, but I'm still betting on the side of this being some sort of wild ass guess.

The biggest hole here is that Capcom would surely have announced a Vita version by now, unless Sony has coughed up a hell of a lot of money to both Capcom and Nintendo to alter whatever deal they have. Read more on Kotaku, NeoGAF, hell - pretty much everywhere.

And, even if it does arrive in Japan, it won't have much an effect on western sales. Are we sticking around for a Grand Theft Auto game or Killzone Mercenary (now the top searched for title on this blog) to get the Vita rolling here?

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