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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 ...

Yosp shows off his God of War on his Steam Deck, aka Vita 2

PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida has been waving his Steam Deck around pretty regularly since the early models were gifted to tech luminaries. With the public launch set for February, it is likely to be the most powerful portable ever. Every time Yosp waves his about, people bring up the PSP, Vita and Sony's lack of a successor, and generates a bunch of press articles. 

The latest shot, showing it playing the PC version of God of War suggests that Yosp (now working for Sony on independent developer relations) accepts the Steam Deck is as close as we get to any Vita 2, with little hope of a PS5 remote player which would resolve Sony's total lack of a portable solution. 


For us Vita owners, its a look into what could have been, something ahead of the Switch in terms of power would have been fine for PS3/PS2/PS1/PSP and Vita gaming on the go, with streaming of PS4 and 5 titles. And I'm sure Sony would have done a better job on the buttons and triggers than appears on the early Steam Deck. 

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