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Festive portable deals take off from Xbox Ally, Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks.  December deals :  Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details .  PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK  (another £10 off for refurbs)  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europ...

PlayStation Vita may get free-to-play games

Taking on the mobile horde won't be easy, but one thing that will make the job easier is arming the PS Vita with free-to-play titles, most likely ones that come with in-game purchases of content, items or new levels to fund the developers.

In a recent post, a Sony America developer has confirmed that company is open to the idea, and it would be mad to turn it out down, as the Vita will need every revenue stream it can get in a highly competitive market.

Sure, free-to-play has made a fortune for Zynga and a few other players but with endless games on Facebook and the Apple store, Sony could gain an edge by just having a few games running on Vita in each genre to prevent dilution and to encourage developer loyalty.

A few RPGs, farm-type, Sims-style and war games would neatly enable PS Vita  buyers to play games without paying a bean up front, and be a great marketing ploy for Sony, "Comes with 10 Free* Games!" should help sell a few, then they can get into regular games later on. We'll ignore the little asterisk for now!

Of the many free-to-play games out there, what would you like to see on PS Vita? let us know.

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