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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 to hit the 10% (currently 7%-ish) adoption rate among PS5 owners that would make it a bone fide hit gadget.   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 cool. Assuming the 120HZ streaming is solid, an OLED would be the more welcome addition, especially with the latest generation of technology offering QD-OLED (Quantum Dot-OLED), WOLED (White-OLED) and other buzzy titles for smarter display.  Whatever ...

Switch evolution adds larger OLED screen and memory

 Yesterday was one of the more fun times in gaming. Nintendo dropped its updated Switch and apart from the bigger, better screen and more storage, that's about it. Which annoyed the heck out of the chattering classes who were screaming out for a 4K Switch Pro ninja model. 

I understand why Nintendo wants to maintain 100% compatibility, but surely some sort of power-boost is available to the Nvidia Tegra X1 ARM 4 Cortex of the original? However, as long as good-looking games flow, that doesn't really matter. 

Then again, Nintendo is primarily a software company and is happy selling games to the widest possible audience, not spreading its efforts that cost it in the Wii U/3DS era and Sony suffered from the in PSP/PS3 and Vita/PS4 era. Shifting a few million OLED units will help while plans for a proper hardware upgrade in the future. 


Given the Joy Cons are the same, guess its still not the most comfortable thing to hold, but it looks like a solid visual improvement. And, today's OLED tech should be brighter than the Vita's which means it might be good for outdoor use. Shame it doesn't use the mini-LED tech, but I guess Nintendo is working to a tight budget here. 


Features on the Nintendo Switch OLED as it is officially called include:
  • Larger 7-inch OLED 720p screen 
  • Adjustable full-width kickstand 
  • New dock with wired LAN port 
  • Improved onboard speakers 
  • 64GB of internal memory 
But worth much more than that were all the memes about how the end-of-life Vita managed OLED a decade ago, and still has Bluetooth, Netflix (for people with a US Vita PSN account) and decent battery life (honestly, the Switch is terrible). 




 

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