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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...

Today's PSN Downtime Bringing New Features

Today PSN is down for around 11 hours, starting right after the European store update, which is hardly a user-friendly move. However, the long term benefits might outweigh the annoyance as the new features when it goes back live will include a neat new trick.

That is a rather teeny (but enough for some uses) 150Mb of cloud storage for PSN Plus users to store their save games for use on other devices. For now, Sony only mentions PS3 but it makes a lot of sense that gamers would be able to save their PS3 game and then carry on on their NGP when on the go.

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