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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.   There's a PlayStation State of Play coming up on 12th February that might act as an announcement point. Certainly, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than a 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 ...

Gamasutra reckons UK Vita owners buy only 7,500 games a week

Based on estimated sales data for the first half of 2013, Gamasutra has put out numbers that suggest Vita owners buy only 7,500 Vita retail games a week on average, selling just under 200,000 copies of the likes of CoD, FIFA, AC3 and the other chart toppers in six months, games outside the top five probably sell only a handful.

Most of that is down to lack of releases, and with hardware estimates (from other sources) are put at around 2,000 units a week, that's pretty grim reading for any publisher looking to promote a Vita title. Which leaves Sony clinging on to this unannounced "big" third-party title that Sony's indie-God Shahid Kamal mentioned a few months back.


With no Bioshock, the remote chance of a GTA V Stories (and I mean remote), what else is left? Tomb Raider or Fallout? Even if you put in a high estimate for digital downloads (say 40%), Vita numbers make grim reading, and while Dragon's Crown might get some interest (bet the tabloids are standing by for some free hype), the chances of any one game "saving" the Vita is unlikely.

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