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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...

Virtua Tennis 4 aces the PS Vita chart

I have no idea why (apart from it being cheap and there being no recent new releases) other than lots of gamers recently expressing their love for the full-res graphics and overall brilliance of the game's world tour stylings, but Sega's Virtua Tennis game is back on top of the Vita charts, some 40 weeks after its release.

That, Sonic Racing at No. 2 and Super Monkey Ball make it a pretty happy chart for Sega, Uncharted is now the only original launch game in the top 10, which should give them high hopes for PSO2. Sony's All-Stars Battle Royale is leaving the charts at a rate of knots, while Virtue's Last Reward makes a welcome reappearance down in the teens.

1 VIRTUA TENNIS 4: WORLD TOUR EDITION SEGA 2 40
2 SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED SEGA 7 11
3 FIFA 13 EA SPORTS 5 21
4 ASSASSIN'S CREED III LIBERATION UBISOFT 6 16
5 LITTLEBIGPLANET PS VITA SONY COMPUTER ENT. 4 22
6 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS DECLASSIFIED ACTIVISION 3 14
7 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED EA GAMES 1 16
8 SUPER MONKEY BALL: BANANA SPLITZ SEGA 15 17
9 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 8 13
10 UNCHARTED: GOLDEN ABYSS SONY COMPUTER ENT. 9 52

 Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2013 UKIE Ltd

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