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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...

Vita still batting straight in Japan

The Vita is holding firm in Japan with a near flat week of 24,500 sales, down just 800 on the previous week, and likely taking the new model over 100,000 sales in three weeks. In the chart, perennial favourite Jikkyou Baseball does the business across all three PlayStation formats.

The PSP version manages to outstrip the Vita thanks to its ten-times greater user base and there's three PSP titles in the top ten, in case you thought that was going away anytime soon. But the Vita rampage starts soon enough with sales likely to go ballistic again.

01./01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.)  - 229.402 / 2.569.124 (-52%)
02./00. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami)  - 83.883 / NEW
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06./00. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami)  - 36.002 / NEW
07./00. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami)  - 24.331 / NEW
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09./00. [PSP] Kamigami no Itazura # (Broccoli)  - 12.078 / NEW
10./00. [PSP] Diabolik Lovers: More, Blood # (Idea Factory)  - 10.481 / NEW
11./10. [PSV] Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload (Spike Chunsoft) - 10.459 / 96.162 (+10%)



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