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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.   There's a PlayStation State of Play coming up on 12th February that might act as an announcement point. Certainly, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than a 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 PS Vita in 2015... brighter than I'd thought

With Bandai dropping a few big names at the end of the year, 2015's Vita line up isn't as bad as I'd feared just a few months back. Sure it's not gleaming with stellar releases, but that was never going to happen.

Instead take a look at what we will be playing on the release list. There's plenty of adventures in the form of Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle from Disney, plus Telltale's take on Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands. Expect plenty more LEGO branded fun including the new Ninjago game plus whatever else some sturdy western developers can port over.

On the big name front, it looks like Resident Evil 2 Revelations is the limit of Sony's ambition, but Bandai is really stealing the show with One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 and the latest J-Stars brawler. Also direct from Japan will be more Neptunia fun, Stein's Gate, which I look forward to immensely and further adventures in Toukiden.

The little tease of a likely Vita release for Gravity Rush 2 (surely a PS4 lead though) is also pretty good news. Throw in the odd gem of an indie here or there, and perhaps one or two games that Sony and partners have up their sleeves and I'm quite looking forward to 2015.

On the worrying side, Sega seems to be very quiet over western activity and it looks like we've lost Milestone, so if any dev wants to pick up the car/bike racing genre, please dive in. As for new hardware, I live in hope for the PlayStation 4 Portable, but not much else. Your thoughts welcome!

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