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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...

Sony buys Gaikai: PS1, PS2 and PS3 games from the clouds for Vita soon?

Perhaps this is why Sony has been holding back on PS One compatibility for the Vita. With the confirmed acquisition on cloud-streaming-games-service Gaikai for lots of dollars, Sony can now stream huge libraries of games in, what I hope, will be a subcription-based PlayStation Unlimited offering.

I think more gamers would happily pay £6.99 a month for a service with access to huge amounts of PS1, PS2 and even PS3 games, rather than dropping the odd £6.99 every few months when another PSone game struggles onto the PSN store. Sony rakes in more cash, older games get more exposure and Sony has a mighty big stick to sell cheap(ish) PS3s with a subscription and, maybe, the same for PS Vita later on.

I'm sure Sony will still sell standalone PSOne games on Vita, very soon apparently, but this cloud service would be a huge opportunity for Sony to offer its back catalogue without all the fuss of firmware upgrades for piddling compatibility fixes and so on. That could also expand to Sony Xperia Phones and those funny tablets, but probably will soon be on iOS and other Android devices as an app to open up a huge potential market.

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