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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 ...

Phantasy Star Online hits 500,000 Vita downloads.

Well other a third of Vita owners in Japan seem to be playing this game as the digital version hits the half-a-million point in around four months of availability. With constant updates, new episodes on the way and a huge amount of kit to pay for and try out the game seems to be one of the Vita's brightest titles. However, to temper that excitement, Sega noted that it had been downloaded 350,000 times in the first few weeks of availability.

Still no official word on it coming out in the west, but you'd think that with modest overheads of an all-digital model, it would be an attractive proposition for Sega, or heck, just release a boxed-version at a modest price.

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