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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...

Borderlands 2 first look for the Vita, temper your expectations

Based on word (from IGN among others) and video coming out of GDC (Games Developer Conference - i.e., the people who should know) Borderlands 2 is looking a bit of a stretch for the Vita's hardware. Now sure, its still in development, and there's time to fix things like slowdown, loading time and mapping issues (suspect that'll be easier with the new model with the smaller back-panel), but from what we've seen, it does the job!

MEMO TO SONY/TAKE 2/IRON GALAXY - Release a proper video to counteract the blurry random-focus mess that everyone's currently squinting at, with a voice track explaining what the developers have yet to polish. What were your PR people thinking?

Update: Sony has (as you'd expect) said the game will be refined before launch, and we should expect a release date within the next few weeks.



Even if there's a delay (it is due for a hardware bundle May release) for some extra optimisation, which I wouldn't mind, when it does arrive, don't expect the title trumpeted as the Vita's big release for 2014 to help the hardware platform massively. With no "new" games announced at GDC, I suspect it won't exactly start a splurge of new projects from big-name developers. Instead, a future as a dumb terminal for Remote Play seems the only way we'll enjoy big-budget, non-Japanese, games.

Still, if Sony keeps its promise there's plenty of classic revamps to come, and a hugely bright indie future. So, while the biggest names might not fall our way, the Vita's story still has a long way to run.

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