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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 rattle along in Japan

Ahead of this week's Golden holiday, Japan snapped up quite a few Vita consoles last week, topping 20,000 which seems about par for the course in recent years. On the games front in the Media Create chart, this year's cute baseball title sells well across all formats, while Eve Burst Error creeps in near the bottom. Minecraft is over the 750K physical sales barrier!

01./00. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo) - 144.846 / NE
02./00. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) - 101.981 / NE
03./00. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) - 84.973 / NE
04./00. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami) - 56.477 / NE
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08./02. [PSV] One Piece: Burning Blood # (Bandai Namco) - 10.197 / 42.880 (-69%)
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11./15. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony)- 8.991 / 752.549 (+44%)
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16./04. [PSV] Bullet Girls 2 (D3 Publisher) - 6.339 / 23.562 (-63%)
17./00. [PSV] Eve: Burst Error R # (Red Flagship) - 5.699 / NEW

Overall, the Vita seems well on course for another million sales in Japan in 2016, and releases show no signs of slowing down. Things are quiet for a couple of weeks now until Dragon Quest Heroes 2 and Cladun Sengoku land on 27 May.



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