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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 to hit the 10% (currently 7%-ish) adoption rate among PS5 owners that would make it a bone fide hit gadget.   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 cool. Assuming the 120HZ streaming is solid, an OLED would be the more welcome addition, especially with the latest generation of technology offering QD-OLED (Quantum Dot-OLED), WOLED (White-OLED) and other buzzy titles for smarter display.  Whatever ...

So, the Vita in 2014 then, bring it on Sony

Sony hasn't said much about its 2014 plans for the Vita, to the extent of missing it out of its 2014 game poll and the company Extranet being bereft of Vita games except for the upcoming Pets. Fortunately, the release schedule shows plenty of indie and some third party support.

But what will Sony itself offer? I've had a brief muse about the Vita's future in general, led by Japan Studio, but Sony has its western developers beavering away too. Sony Bend is supposed to be hard at work on a new game, for one. But there are other studios, the XDev teams and others.

What are Media Molecule, Quantic Dream, Magenta, Relentless Software, Eurocom and Sumo Digital, as well as Evolution Studios and Guerrilla Games working on? Most of them will be focused on PS4, but sub-teams could have a Vita game in the works.

I'll dig into the archives and see if there were any clues back in 2013 and on the job pages to see if there's any new activity, but shout if you remember some snippet that's eluding my Christmas-ified brain.

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