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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...

Praying for Push Updates on the PSP2

Having seen Fieldrunners get a hefty update on the iPhone, I checked the PSP store to see if our version was getting some extra-level love this Christmas. Then I noticed there is no real update mechanism for PSP download games.

You have to go to the XMB, game menu, access each game and use the Update feature to check if there is one. That's not a good user experience, and its made worse by the fact that not one of the games I own has been updated, which is a pretty poor show, given how smartphone games thrive on giving their users updates and extras.

So, that's one thing the PSP2 design can fix. Its a simple enough feature that the iPhone demonstrates perfectly... so come on Sony, catch up with the pack!

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