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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 ...

Unity 5 supports the Vita, goes free

Hot on the heels of the old Unreal Engine going free to use, the new big-budget Unity 5 packing in all manner of features is also free for smaller projects. Unity 5 Personal is free for those on a budget of under $100K, but lacks advanced services. While many of the shiny features probably won't be supported by the Vita's ageing Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9, it can still show most mobile devices a trick or two thanks to its relatively low resolution and Sony's box of gaming tricks.

Several recent projects have promised Vita versions if Unity support allowed. I guess we'll have to wait and see if this affects Vita development at all, with pretty limited crossover from mobile and main console projects still the order of the day, whatever the codebase. More on Gamasutra. If any devs would like to illuminate us on the possibilities, I'd be delighted.


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