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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...

Slick new Japanese Vita Dragon Quest Builders bundle

Likely to be the best Vita seller in 2016, Dragon Quest Builders could get the handheld off to a rocket start for the year, hitting Japanese stores in January.

That'll be helped by this executive-grade new bundle offering a sublime Metal Slime grey Vita, on which the black standouts actually look pretty excellent. There's a neat metal slime decal, a slime headphone plug-in, all wrapped up in a superb box with a physical copy of the likely to be massive Dragon Quest Builders game.

It will be a limited edition, so move quick if you want an import, 25,980 yen is around £140, wow! The rest of us can just sigh at its magnificence, and pray someone at Sony or Square thinks - hey, this could sell in the west! 

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