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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...

After the fireworks, calm returns to the Japanese charts

Pretty much as expected, not much happened in Japan this week, setting the tone for a flaccid summer of hardware sales and games releases. The Vita plummeted to 25,000 units (plus about a 1,000 Vita TV units) in the Media Create figures, after the Hatsune Miku vocal-powered boost to near its worst level of the year. Don't worry, most other hardware did worse, not helped by Japanese tax increases, and its ahead of the 3DS LL in sales for once.


On the software side, Natural Doctrine failed to set the charts alight, shifting only 6,000 copies suggesting Japan's love for monster hunting is now fixed around a few key titles, or the game simply wasn't that good. Hatune Miku sales fell off a cliff, suggesting 150,000 is about the max a Japanese publisher can expect for its games, making western releases more likely, if they can justify the translation.

1.  Mario Party Island tour Nintendo 14/03/20 47,106 257,873
2.  Sengoku Musou 4 Tecmo Koei Games 14/03/20 25,572 192,514
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6.  Hatsune Miku-Project DIVA-F 2nd SEGA 14/03/27 16,111 114,738
7.  J Stars Victory Versus NAMCO BANDAI Games 14/03/19 13,417 156,957 PS3
8. J Stars Victory Versus NAMCO BANDAI Games 14/03/19 11,876 134,522
9.  Hatsune Miku-Project DIVA-F 2nd SEGA 14/03/27 10,278 70,243 PS3
10.  Pro Baseball Spirits 2014 KONAMI 14/03/20 10,081 90,876
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14.  Sengoku Musou 4 Tecmo Koei Games 14/03/20 9,603 68,796
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17.  Pro Baseball Spirits 2014 KONAMI 14/03/20 7,576 50,277
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20.  NAtURAL DOCtRINE (Natural doctrine) Kadokawa Games 14/04/03 6,046

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