New PlayStation Portal with Storage Coming to Japan
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Sony has a new handheld game machine. It is called PlayStation Portal. The new model is black. It is called "Midnight Black."
This new machine is only for Japan. It works in the Japanese language. People can buy it from December 10.
The price is 39,980 yen. This new machine has storage inside it. Storage means space to keep games and data.
The old PlayStation Portal did not have storage. This new one does. Sony made it for the future. People can save more things on it.
The PlayStation Portal lets people play PlayStation games. They can play games from their console at home. The machine is small and easy to carry.
Many gamers in Japan will be happy. They can buy a new machine soon. It will be in stores on December 10.
Vocabulary15 words
- handheld
- small; you can hold it in your hand
- language
- the words people use to talk
- storage
- space to keep things
- console
- a machine for playing video games
- model
- one type of a product
- price
- how much money something costs
- device
- a small machine
- launch
- to start selling something new
- built-in
- already inside the machine
- future
- the time after now
- portable
- easy to carry
- exclusive
- only for one place or group
- announce
- to tell people new information
- version
- one form of a product
- yen
- Japanese money
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Answer key
1. Midnight Black 2. December 10 3. It has built-in storage
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Sony has a new _____ game machine. It is called PlayStation Portal.
The new model is black. It is called "_____ Black."
This new machine is only for _____. It works in the Japanese language.
People can buy it from December _____.
The price is _____ yen.
This new machine has _____ inside it.
The old PlayStation Portal did not have _____.
Sony made it for the _____.
The PlayStation Portal lets people play PlayStation _____.
The machine is small and easy to _____.
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