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Portable post-Black Friday deals take off from Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

 While there's no sign of a discount on the PlayStation Portal or Xbox Ally, portable gamers can still get in on the Black Friday action. From handheld PC gaming devices to Nintendo, there's plenty on offer.  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) 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 Europe and US markets.  Not all deals have kicked in yet, but the official list is:  Up to 30% off all cartridges released before September 2025 20% off all hardware released before September 2025 US and Canada to receive 20% off all lines released before Sep 2025 Big names, including Evercade Alpha Street Fighter and Mega Man bartop arcade, Tomb Raider, all Super Pocke...

Sony's Xperia Z3 devices also do Remote Play

Chipping away at the Vita's unique selling points, Sony's latest range of Xperia Z3 smartphones, revealed at IFA Berlin can also do Remote Play. Admittedly, not as elegantly, thanks to the rather tacky looking connector, but the new Compact and full-size smartphones can carry on the PS4 gaming in another room while the girls scoff popcorn!


If Sony does want to upgrade the Vita's specs with a new, more powerful edition, then the Z3 offers a reasonable benchmark to aim at. The new model boasts a 5-inch 1080p (1920 x 1080) Triluminous display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor clocked at 2.5GHz and 3GB of RAM, plus 16 or 32GB of internal storage. Cut out all the cellphone gubbins and I'm sure costs could be kept down.

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