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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 ...

Media Create charts, Vita sales and Japanese company results

All go on the Japanese business front at the moment. Square Enix announced modest sales with no individual breakdowns, but decent profit. So, who knows how well its games are doing.

Bandai seems to be doing pretty well and reported strong sales of Sword Art Online and various robotic franchises (pic below).

Bandai Namco Sales
Konami seemed pretty flat with declining PSP and Vita (for which it hasn't published much) sales. It expects that to decline for the year as a whole, so don't expect any new releases from them until Christmas or well into 2015.

Konami's Sales Mix



As for the Media Create chart, its a quiet week with a bunch of Vita games in the lower reaches of the chart, with that and the 3DS pretty much dominating. Child of Light at least made an entry, not bad for a niche western game. Unsurprisingly, hardware sales are also down, the lowest for six weeks at 18,700 as we hit another pause in the releases.


06./04. [PSV] Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines # (Sony) - 7.871 / 119.336 (-56%)
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15./05. [PSV] Tokyo Shinseiroku: Operation Abyss # (5pb.) - 4.403 / 19.645 (-71%)
16./06. [PSV] Corpse Party: Blood Drive # (5pb.) - 4.304 / 17.992 (-69%)
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18./13. [PSV] Freedom Wars (Sony) - 4.027 / 271.798 (-25%)
19./00. [PSV] Child of Light: Special Edition (Ubisoft) - 3.893 / NEW 

 Out this week are Lost Dimension from Fluidigm and God True Fashion from NIS, with Monster Hunter Frontier G proving the acid test for Vita tales the following week.

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