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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...

Vita sales pipped at the Winning Post in Japan,

Perhaps the Japanese are waiting for the new firmware update and all its glorious features before buying a new Vita? Or not, either way sales, which have averaged around 23,000 per week so far this year are down to 17,150 according to the latest Media Create figures.

That's still around 20% of the market, and not bad for a quiet week with only the tiny Winning Post 8 update as a new entry. Minecraft and Hatsune Miku Diva X both sold just over 10,000 to remain in the top 10, while the horse flogging game could only sell 6,000.

Things are pretty light on the release front for the next few weeks, with a PSO2 Ep.4 physical release, One Piece Burning Blood and Jikkyou Baseball across April, the we're into the May sales dive with not much happening until Dragon Quest Heroes 2 at the end of spring.


The new predictor function I put in my spreadsheet shows the Vita likely to just nudge past last year's sales, hitting around 1,050,000. Of course, lots could happen to change that in either direction.


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