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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...

htoLNiQ ghosts into the Japanese Charts

This week's Media Create chart is hopefully the last quiet one for a while, as the big releases roll out across Japan from tomorrow. Just missing the herd is the enigmatic new entry htoLNiQ, picking up nearly 9,750 sales and landing at No. 6. Not bad for what looks like a fairly mild piece of entertainment. Deeper into the Vita games in the chart, Sword Art Online closes in on 250,000 sales, while Terraria is past 50,000.

06./00.  htoL NiQ: Hotaru no Nikki (Nippon Ichi Software) - 9.744 / NEW
11./05.  Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki Evolution (Kadokawa Shoten) - 5.657 / 25.316 (-71%)
14./07.  One Piece: Unlimited World Red (Bandai Namco) - 4.072 / 14.421 (-61%)
21./00.  Protect Flower Oath (System Soft Alpha) - 2,904 / 2,904 / NEW
27./00.  Durarara 3-Way Stand-Off (Kadokawa) - 2,267 / 2,267 NEW
29./28.  Sword Art Online (Namco Bandai) - 1,972 / 225,395 
37./29.  Goddess Faith God Black Heart (Compile Heart) 1,547 / 36,618
40./33.  Limit Totsu-ki model erotic Chronicle (Compile Heart 1,393 / 53,882
42./34.  Terraria (Spike Chunsoft) 1,267 / 54,609
47./39. Nobunga's Ambition (Tecmo) 1,144 / 10,665

 On the hardware side, sales dropped around 1,000 units, and the little green line now intersects with sales for the past two years for the first time ever. The Vita (and Vita TV) is ahead of all the big consoles, but still selling only half of what the 3DS manages. Will the launch of Freedom Wars and Panzer Girls among others give the Vita a rocket? 


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