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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...

Sony Japan's Vita Fireworks event recap

While we were all going through the lows-and-lowers of E3, Sony Japan was having its own event called Summer Fireworks, which certainly did more to hit the spot for Asian Vita owners. Most of it was broadcast on Nico Nico, which is more or less a nightmare for westerners to watch, or at least understand.


Still, for the brave, Sony has now put up a Japanese portal site with all the news and better quality videos, showing off Freedom Wars, Monster Hunter Frontier G, Oreshika 2 and Toukiden Kiwami. Most of the videos are your usual way-out Japanese "there's a game in here somewhere" with lots of chat, costumes and "zaniness." But its still worth a peek if you were feeling deflated by E3.

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