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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 bounce on 28 Days of Play bundle in Japan

Hot on the heels of the news of a Vita western release this winter, Fate Extella Link storms to the top of the Japanese Media Create chart on PS4 and Vita. The PS4 version sold 78.6K to the Vita's 38.1K, so more than double, showing the widening gap in format sales, but that's decent numbers for a Vita game in the current climate.

We'll get another comparison next week as God Wars comes out on both formats (and Switch) tomorrow in Japan.


That and the 28 Days of Play new Vita bundle helped lift hardware sales to just under 4,000 for the week. I'm guessing some of that is importers struggling to find Vita hardware in the west, quite a few new western Vita owners are showing off their new toys! 

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