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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...

Get square eyes with the new PowKiddy RGB30 handheld

 Old games on modern systems do all sorts of tricks to get rid of the black bars down the side when displaying images meant for traditional square CRT screens on today's widescreen LCDs. 

For most players its just a settings tweak or something to put up with. But for those living firmly in the past, there's the RGB30 (available on Amazon and other stores). 


The new PowKiddy handheld gadget has a 2DS style screen with a 720*720 four-inch IPS display to show off NeoGeo, N64, SNES, Pico8, Game Boy family and other platform titles in their natural 4*3 beauty with some modest game artwork banners down the sides or other viewing options. 

The key win is for vertical shooters that often feel squashed down on widescreens and leave enemies hiding off the edge of the screen, so Flying Shark and 1943 fans can form an orderly queue! It might even replace my Miyoo (review) as a favourite retro box. 

Available in black, white or blue, there's dual memory slots for tons of games, HD-out to play on a big screen and all powered by a 1.8GHz ARM core chip with 1GB RAM for fluid 60fps gaming. 

I'm hoping to get hold of one soon, Amazon has a mid-October release to try it out, but these gadgets are increasingly robust and use reasonable components as their popularity increases. Some early owners on Twitter are delighted with theirs! TechTweeb has a fun comparison video with other gadgets!

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