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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...

Kirby Star Allies dominates Japan's charts

Kirby Star Allies sold 222,031 retail copies in Japan's latest Media Create chart, to easily take the No. 1 spot. That helped kick Switch hardware sales up by 10K, bringing sales neatly into line with the post-launch period. From now we'll see just what hardware legs the Switch has, this week it is crushing PS4 sales by 32,000!


Also out last week, Attack on Titan 2 makes a fairly scattershot entry across multiple formats, selling:

No. 3 PS4 - 28,480
No. 4 Switch - 22, 941
No. 8 Vita - 15, 261

Also out across several formats, Winning Post 8 looks like it is approaching the end of its race, selling minimal numbers across the main formats. 

No. 11 PS4 - 8,459
No. 17 Vita - 3,837
No. 18 Switch - 3,745

Full data here, last set of figures here.



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