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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...

More content for Sword Art Online incoming

A new (brief) trailer hints at new content for Sword Art Online from Namco, with the focus on the heroine's costumes. This is ahead of a new major update with volcano levels and snowy mountains, which should add a little more substance to this already chunky game.

None of this is likely to make it into the western release launch version, and it probably depends on sales to see just how much Bandai will support the game in the long term. Hopefully, there's plenty of interest and the publisher has been pretty good with the One Piece DLC, so I'd hope this will be well supported. The digital-only release looks like another memory card hog.

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