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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...

Sony and Take 2 still talking Bioshock Vita

Yep, one of the darker moments in the Vita's history remains, lurking in a corner like a bad smell. Ken Levine tweeted yesterday that talks are still on-going between the two publishers over what is rapidly becoming a footnote in gaming history.

https://twitter.com/iglevine/status/355874911627124736

Which begs the question why he bothered standing on a Sony stage back at launch announcing that Bioshock was coming, which he must have known wasn't a done deal. 

Is some faint hope of a whole new chapter worth the corporate crap we were sold? Or should we give up and move on, assuming no one to pay $20 million plus to make a game that is market-limited to sell less than a million copies.

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