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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...

Stardew Valley bears fruit on Vita next week

While it is crude to characterise some Vita games as bigger than others, the leading lights that have come our way; Minecraft, Spelunky, Va-11 Hall-a and others that stand out either critically and/or in sales terms are slightly more anticipated than yet-another-Metroidvania clone.

Pretty much the last of these outstanding releases coming to Vita is now dated for 22 May, price $15 and just a week away. Finally, thanks to the efforts of Chucklefish, it brings some fantasy farming fun (no offence Farming Simulator) after years of Harvest Moon denial (expect the PSP title).

Stardew Valley on Vita gets its own announce blog post, one on the PSN blog, an IGN news video, a Eurogamer news piece, generally appearing in lots of places the Vita doesn't usually get a mention. Among the comments, people are surprised to hear the Vita is still going


Vita owners will get version 1.2 of the game, missing out on the latest update, but expect some update later, minus multiplayer. It will be Cross Buy with the PS4 version, but no word on Cross Save.

I guess this concludes the excellent rush of must-have releases we've had recently, and while there's still plenty of ports and indies to come, it'll take some community effort to get any current titles ported due to both technical difficulties and the shrinking size of the market.

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