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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...

Famitsu to publish Japanese PSN download sales figures

Come on Sony Europe, get with the times! Let's see just how well PSN is performing. Japan, as usual is ahead of the game and will see Famitsu publishing downloaded game sales data from early next year. To show off the current base, it has published a bunch of Autumn sales numbers across Nintendo and Sony devices showing how wide the range can be.

Not sure if they're based on official data, or other means. With Vita games picking up between an extra 4,000 to 7,500 sales, usually between 8% to 10% of the retail figure (in brackets), that's a decent addition to most titles numbers but we'll see across next year how it affects the overall numbers.

September:
1. 3DS Monster Hunter 4 225,324 (2,542,114)
2. PS3 Final Fantasy XIV 22,807 (217,644)
3. PSV Ragnarok Odyssey Ace 6595 (46,788)
4. PSV Killzone Mercenary 6403 (18,582)
5. PSV Sen no Kiseki 4489 (93,674)
7. PSV Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate 3853 (24,825)

October:
1. 3DS Pokemon X&Y 33911 (2,953,059)
2. 3DS Monster Hunter 4 30,879 (433,365)
3. PSV SakaTsuku 7462 (40,795)
6. PSV Danganronpa 1&2 Reload 5697 (88,334)


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