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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...

Latest Vita sales figures out of Japan

Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Returns tops the chart in Japan on PS3, showing what can expect for the December release of FF-X HD. For the Vita, God Eater 2 keeps going in the top 10, up to over 300,000 sales with another 40,000 this week, showing very good legs. Atelier Rorona arrives at No. 13 on Vita, selling 17,500 and out-selling the PS3 version.

On the hardware front, Vita sales dive after the recent hubbub, but still shifting a decent 21,000 and Vita TV sales plummet, after last week's impressive start, to below 8,000 (total sales now around 50,000), which means the west will likely get this device soon rather than later since it isn't a gangbusters seller in Japan.

Still, 20,000+ a week is a decent level for the Vita to hold and build on, as long as the games keep coming, and with Final Fantasy HD, Gundam, Dragonball and a couple of others to come, there's reason to remain hopeful that the sub-10K days are behind it. Games sales should look clearer if we add in Famitsu's download data, although that means switching all my data from Media Create.


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