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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 ...

UK Top 10, shuffle the same old pack

Right, this is starting to get really jaded now, and would be a problem for Sony, if it cared. Anyone taking a look at the Vita chart will see old games littering the place and a crippling lack of new releases. If you were picking one up then there's still lots of solid names in the list, but it is feeling its age now.

With Minecraft the only major release until Autumn/Winter (Freedom Wars October, Tales of Hearts R November), its not going to get much better. And to think, this is quite a decent list, compared to Spring when very old (even launch) games dominated. So while indies may keep the userbase playing, the wind down to obsolescence continues.

1 +    FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD REMASTER SQUARE ENIX 3 22
2 -    BORDERLANDS 2 2K GAMES 1 12
3 +    THE RATCHET & CLANK TRILOGY SONY 4 7
4 -    KILLZONE: MERCENARY SONY 2 50
5 =  TEARAWAY SONY 5 39
6 =  FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014 SEGA 6 19
7 =  CHILD OF LIGHT UBISOFT 7 7
8 +  METAL GEAR SOLID HD COLLECTION KONAMI 10 75
9 -  ASSASSIN'S CREED III LIBERATION UBISOFT 8 91
10 -  GOD OF WAR COLLECTION SONY 9 15

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