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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...

Word is PSP and Vita PSN stores are closing in summer

 According to those pesky sources, the digital lifeblood that is the Vita store is not long for this world. The "confirmed" reports say (to be fair, not exactly a major site) that the PSP store will shut at the start of July, while the much-younger PS Vita store will close at the end of August. 

I'm not sure about the sanity of that, or the tiny costs that Sony incurs to keep them running (and the PS3 store which is also going bye-bye!), it is really worth creating all that angst? Imagine the angry response to a gross act of digital vandalism from developers and publishers. Also, dev kits are still being sent around among those dedicated enough to bring games our way, so would it really make sense to kill PSN?


If true, that pretty much will mean the end of the Vita as Sony is due to shut down physical card production this year. And it is unlikely to official sanction homebrew, the only place to get the raft of new ports, indies and emulated Android games that are giving the handheld a fresh lease of life. 

More annoying, I have 15 years worth of games dating back to those great PSone digital releases that I can't all store on cards. So, there had better be some mechanism to redownload or store them on a PC. 


Whatever happens, I'll be here to the end, and beyond! In practical terms, time to jalbreak those PSPs and Vitas, get very large storage cards and download what you can. 


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