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June Update: PlayStation 6 and PlayStation Portable future visions

 The recent PlayStation video about the "simulated" technology in development, discussed between AMD and Sony engineers that will power the PlayStation 6 was interesting from a geek point of view. But from a gameplay perspective, there is - IMO - no need for a PlayStation 6 for another few years. Especially with the limp Xbox is-it-isn't-it launch .  June 2026 Update : The latest snippet of gossip for Sony's next-gen systems is a modular/external drive that will connect to both devices. Allowing installation on the portable of physical games, and reducing the cost of the PS6 by making the Blu-ray an accessory (like the PS5 Slim).  I prefer the idea of a dedicated dock on the PS6 that connects the next Portable to your entire PSN library, and they'd better make it work as an extra controller, but I'm sure there are practical benefits to the extra drive.   That should also boost sales of PS4 and PS5 physical games, especially on the second-hand market, as folk...

Japan Finally Gets PSN Store Back This Week

Due to lots of legal/regulatory pressure, Japan will only get its PSN store back in a couple of days on July 6. The longest of the PSN outages was due to extra testing for the service, which presumably is now Fort Knox-like in protection.

Given that Japan is Sony's biggest PSP market, it (and other games devs) will have felt the most impact from the loss of service and there must be a pretty huge queue of new content ready to go up. Add in the demand for Japan's Welcome Back package and expect a fair amount of the same bedlam we got over here.

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