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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 ...

PS Vita reveal 11 years ago today

The future of portable gaming was revealed by PlayStation 11 years ago today (27th January), with Sony showing off the what-would-be-Vita for the first time as NPG (previously PSP2) in Tokyo at PlayStation Meeting. 

No games were shown off (from memory), that came a few days later. But for a hardware reveal, it ticked all the right boxes. Some of my stories from the day...

Cool, powerful, what wasn't to like about the successor to the PSP. And here's the video from the day...

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