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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 sales push ahead as the games rush hits the stores

Vita sales nudged up 3,000 this week to over 27,500 with a couple of titles hitting the top 10, Gundam Breaker (plus a GB hardware bundle) didn't do as well as expected considering all the hype, while Neptune Rebirth did okay for a remake. Note that baseball sales went up for the PSP version, but halved for the Vita. Next week is God Eater 2 and Vita TV week, with more to come, where hopefully things will shoot up.

01./01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) - 162.347 / 2.731.470 (-29%)
05./06. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) - 38.179 / 74.181 (+6%)
07./00. [PSV] Gundam Breaker # (Bandai Namco Games) - 33.775 / NEW
09./00. [PSV] Chou Tsugitsugimono Game Neptune Re:Birth1 # (Compile Heart) - 31.811 / NEW
13./07. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) - 12.866 / 37.197 (-47%)
14./10. [PSP] Diabolik Lovers: More, Blood # (Idea Factory) ) - 5.929 / 16.411 (-43%)
17./00. [PSP] Shinsouhan Heart no Kuni no Alice: Wonderful Wonder World # (QuinRose) - 4.811 / NEW
18./11. [PSV] Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload (Spike Chunsoft) - 4.412 / 100.574 (-58%)
19./00. [PSP] Seishun Hajime Mashita! # (Honeybee) - 4.352 / NEW




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