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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.   There's a PlayStation State of Play coming up on 12th February that might act as an announcement point. Certainly, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than a 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 ...

Switch Sales back to normal in Japan

The seasonal madness is officially over in Japan with Switch sales sliding right back into their nothing-to-see-here groove of of 52K sales per week. Even on a down week, it is running neck-and-neck with PS4 and PS4 Pro sales that got a big kick from the arrival of Kingdom Hearts III and Resident Evil 2, selling 860K units between them.

The trouble for developers and publishers now, is do they focus on new titles for PS5 or try to ride the Switch wave with a mix of remasters and new titles? The clamour around Persona 5 R for Switch continues to drive interest and other developers must be looking at what they can port or update. But will Switch get new Resi titles (remasters aside) and KH games? Seems unlikely, for now.

More immediately, we get a useful comparison as Atelier Nelke arrives this week in Japan, across PS4, Switch and Vita launches this week.




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