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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 .  April 2026 Update:  Compatibility with PS5 and PS4 games seems to be locked-in, as anything the PS6 full fat hardware the portable versions should be able to do as well, with near-invisible trade-offs at the silicon level.  Prices are firming up too with estimates around the PlayStation 6 handheld at between $500 to $700 and a PlayStation 6 at $700 to $1,000, depending on the deepening silicon crisis and Sony's budgeting wizards.  Only a few developers around the world could afford to take advantage of it for AAA+ budget games. Everyone else is still barely cutting the skin of the PS5's power, and most western smal...

US Vita advert sucks ass, makes Europe's look like an Oscar winner

Ewwww! What the hell were they thinking? With Sony claiming to be spending $50 million marketing the Vita, I was expecting something a bit higher class than this. Sure, there's a few more nanoseconds of actual gameplay in the U.S. advert. But, it lacks any sense of oneness, coherence and passion that the EU advert (watch it here) has in spades. Whatever Sony's bullshit Brand manager says (note the videos have vanished from the PS site too), this sucks mightily.

UPDATE: This advert appears to have fallen off the face of the earth, all I remember is people running around on a roof or abandoned buildings among lots of cement! Anyone remember it? Or can find a copy?

Honestly, the EU advert I could see winning an award or two, but the US one looks like an advert for a concrete firm, (I'm sure they think they're branding it around the concrete jungle, but it doesn't come across like that) as that's what most of the ad is taken up with. I don't wish to start an inter-continental bitch fest here, but it really is wrong. Opinions, please...

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