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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...

No UMD transfer scheme for western gamers

Perhaps Sony has forgotten the however many million PSP consoles and games it sold in the west over the years, that'd be quite easy given the slow strangulation of the handheld over here. But even so, leaving all those loyal users in the lurch (while Japanese gamers can happily play on) when it comes to old UMDs is, frankly, taking the piss a bit.

I've got lots of recent games via PSN, but my first three years of PSP titles all came on UMD along with plenty of later ones. My PSP still works, but for how long? What am I supposed to do when it finally dies, those PSP E1000s might only be £85, but that's still a lot of money. This is where Sony can be rightly crucified for its obsession with proprietary formats. PSP games still look good, still play well, and making them redundant and non-transferable is a pretty shoddy way to treat gamers.

Hopefully Sony will have to rethink this, as they have the stupid pricing of memory cards for the Vita (via bundled offers) and play fair with western gamers. I don't want to buy all those games again on PSN (sorry SEN, a whole other problem for Sony) despite the decent offers, some of them you can't even get, so do the decent thing Sony and  sort it out.

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