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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...

PlayStation Experience a Vita free presentation zone (almost)

So, here's the line up for PlayStation Experience, or the death of the Vita as you may as well call it. As you can see, not one piece of Vita-ry goodness. Grim Fandango, a 15 year old adventure doesn't really count, and I bet the Tearaway devs, Media Molecule are only here to talk up the PS4 version.

If I traveled any distance to this event and all they had for me was Axiom Verge, I'd be pretty pissed off. Even if Sony does have some new game to announce at the keynote or the new game segment, it really won't make much difference, as Sony fails to market it even while the likes of The Verge continue to rank it the best handheld! So, I direct you to Japan if you want any news out of Sony.

Saturday
10:00 PlayStation Experience keynote
11:30 Dying Light live gameplay
12:00 Destiny: The Dark Below gameplay
12:30 Virtual Reality: A New Era for Games (live panel)
1:30 The Tomorrow Children live gameplay
2:00 God of War: Retrospective (live panel excerpt)
2:30 World Wide Studios Town Hall (live discussion)
3:00 No Man’s Sky gameplay and discussion
3:300 The Journey of Diablo III on PS4 (live panel excerpt)
4:00 Tearaway Unfolded PS4 live gameplay
4:30 LittleBigPlanet 3 Community Creations
5:00 Inside the Dev Studio (live panel)
6:00 Hohokum Live Music Jam – Featuring Ghostly International DJ’s Shigeto & Michna
9:00 A Night Under No Man’s Sky

Sunday
10:30 Opening welcome and recap with special guests
11:00 The Witness live gameplay
11:30 Grim Fandango Remastered live gameplay
12:00 The Tomorrow Children live gameplay
12:30 Prototype to Product (live panel excerpt)
1:00 Lara Croft & The Temple of Osiris live gameplay
1:30 World Wide Studios Town Hall (live discussion)
2:00 Far Cry 4: From the Developer’s Mind to the Gamer (live panel excerpt)
2:30 Amplitude live gameplay
3:00 Tearaway: How Media Molecule Built a Living Papery World
4:00 Secret Mystery Game live gameplay
4:30 Axiom Verge live gameplay
5:00 Story Time (live panel)

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