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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 steady in Japan as Akiba's Trip gets them off

Akiba's Trip leads the way for the Vita this week with almost 33.5K sales, and there are four Vita titles in the top 20, suggesting increasing longevity for the handheld. Vita sales don't do too bad either at 21,000 units, making it 160,000 units in five weeks since the launch of the 2000 model.

Expect things to go bananas in next week's chart as God Eater 2 and the Vita TV enter the scene. Going onsale in Japan this very minute in fact, if they're doing midnight openings for it.

01./00. [PS3] Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)  121.699 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.)  115.630 / 2.847.101 (-29%)
03./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) 40.205 / 2.912.310 (-14%)
04./00. [PSV] Akiba's Trip 2 (Acquire) 33.476 / NEW
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07./05. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) 24.675 / 98.856 (-35%)
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16./00. [PSV] Exstetra (FuRyu)  11.376 / NEW
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19./07. [PSV] Gundam Breaker # (Bandai Namco Games)  8.897 / 42.672 (-74%)
20./13. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami)  7.976 / 45.173 (-38%)

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