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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...

PSP Winding Down? Not in Japan... Evangelion and more

Andriasang is running a host of PSP news this morning, including a neat looking box-set for the Weiss Schwarz trading card game, a trailer for Evangelion Sound Impact, a rhythm game based in that game's world:




And a trailer for Terror of the Stratus, which mostly consists of longing glances and emotive whining, but there's the odd robot to jolly things along!



All pretty full on for a system that's winding down, and the PSP is still top of the Japanese hardware sales shipping over 26,000 units, but its down to just two games in the software top 10 as other systems get a brief bit of good news.

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