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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...

JRPG frenzy, new Exstetra information rolls in

You wait for a JRPG for, oh about 15 seconds, two minutes, and then two turn up at once, with Chronos Materia being the other. The rather charming Miss below is the heroine in Exstetra, Ryouma Narusawa is an evil-energy absorbing, perfect-bottomed, Pantene'd lass, if ever there was one.


The game is set in Amasia, a future where poor old Tokyo has been zapped with some funky energy and trashed (yep that bit of ruined city, just past her boobs, easy to miss I know) then fused with other areas of the planet. By sucking up the "Ex" energy from the demons that have caused this global trauma, she can use it help rescue the ethereal creatures who can save the world.

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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