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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.   There's a PlayStation State of Play coming up on 12th February that might act as an announcement point. Certainly, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than a 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 ...

NeoGeo blasts on to Evercade in 2025

Evercade has played a crafty hand with its announcements over the year, and leaves 2024 with a neat teaser for the coming year. 

The retro-brand's latest collaboration aims to bring some of the "most revered" arcade names to Evercade, with SNK Corporation,​ creators of the NeoGeo arcade and home system. There's still plenty of excitement around these titles, as when WindJammers dropped on PS4/Vita in 2017. 

And some NeoGeo games aren't that old, with the last release only 20 years ago with 2004's Samurai Shodown V Special ushering the platform off into the sunset. 

SNK NeoGeo Evercade

At this point, all we have is the teaser image above, but its not hard to imagine the likes of the Metal Slug series, King of Fighters, Fatal Fury (still rolling along with City of the Wolves due out in 2025) and oddities like Cyber-Lip plus a host of sports games making their way to Evercade hardware. 

Windjammers

I remember the unaffordability of the original hardware, and the huge size of the physical NeoGeo carts and their rampant capacity, so I hope the Giga carts are put to good use, and we're not fed one or two NeoGeo titles per cart. If you can't wait a NEOGEO Mini International Edition arcade unit is available with 40 titles built in for £80. 

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