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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...

Nintendo's results show good start for Switch Lite

Reporting and earning season kicks off today with lots of tech and games companies spaffing big numbers against the wall in the hope of pleasing their shareholders. Nintendo suits were hopefully getting pissed in Kyoto shouting the goodish news.

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Nintendo Switch total hardware sales hit 41.67 million globally to the end of September, with the Switch Lite selling 1.95 million in just 10 days of sale. During the last quarter (the slow summer one) some 4.8 million Switches were sold along with 35.88 million Nintendo first party games. Check out the English PDF report for more detail.

First party game sales are led by the usual suspects with numbers that Sony and Microsoft can only dream about All told they helped generate a total of  443,967 million yen (about $1 billion) in net sales for the last six months, up 14.2% on last year's comparable figure. That's a tidy 94,222 million yen (around $867.69 million) in operating profit, up 53.4%.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 19.01 million
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 15.71 million
Super Mario Odyssey 15.38 million
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 14.54 million
Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! 11.28 million
Splatoon 2 9.28 million
Super Mario Party 7.59 million
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 4.59 million
Super Mario Maker 2 3.93 million
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening 3.13 million (launched on September 20)

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