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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...

Celebrating 15 years of PlayStation Portable

Wow, it has been a long time baby! Thanks to a friend with Japanese connections, I picked up a launch-day JP PSP a few days after thanks to his speedy personal courier and enjoyed Christmas 2004 playing Ridge Racer and Everybody's Golf from the comfort of my bed - I couldn't tell you what was going on in the real world.

That was three months ahead of the US, and nine ahead of the UK where a delayed release would really have grated if I didn't have this in my hands. And here's the little chap today, still banging out the tunes and games, protected by a Logitech case that has kept it warm through the dark times when the Vita turned up all new and shiny. Now that's build quality!



Not long after, I had four hours of daily train commute. Over the years, the likes of Football Manager, Crisis Core, Outrun Coast 2 Coast, Kingdom Hearts, WipEout Pure, PSOne classics, PSP minis plus movies on UMD kept me sane. It introduced my to Monster Hunter, Dissidia, GTA and the joys of inter-office Konami PES or Madden matches with a friend.

Its history is well known, so I won't bang on too much but this is a personal thank you to Shin'ichi Ogasawara for his rock of a design and all the developers who showed what was possible on a dinky little device that thought a lot bigger.

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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