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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 ends 2016 with 57,000 sales in Japan

Ending the year on a high note, the Vita sold 57,170 units in Japan, according to the latest Media Create data. That brings it close to 825K sales for 2016. Not bad for a five year-old system who's last cosmetic reboot was a couple of years ago. Aside from a few new colours and ditching the OLED, the Vita is a museum piece in terms of technology, compared to the smartphone army.


All that said, Minecraft is the only Vita game in the top 10, hammering away with another 50,000 sales, taking it over the million boxed copy mark, I guess a lot of Japanese kids are learning the blocky game on the go.

Over the course of the year, the big problem is that only a couple of Vita games have really boosted hardware sales. The regular spikes from previous years are nowhere to be seen, with a horrendous flat line between the start and end of the year.

The rest, even the good ones, crack about 100-150K boxed sales before vanishing fast. Sure digital sales will help boost those numbers and add a long-tail, but the old suits in the big offices would still prefer their millions of yen up front.

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