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Festive portable deals take off from Xbox Ally, Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks.  December deals :  Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details .  PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK  (another £10 off for refurbs)  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  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 Europ...
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Xperia Play Prices Plunging

In the wake of the 3DS price cuts, the phone cum mini PlayStation Xperia Play is also seeing massive reductions with around £150-£200 off the original unlocked price from various UK retailers. While the list of games for it gradually increases there has been nothing like the momentum that a device like this needs to distinguish itself from other smartphones and the controllers, while neat, must only be having a niche appeal.

Online stores like Expansys and Play have it on offer around the £289-299 mark. 

I've had a bit of a go on the Xperia Play and while it is fun, there is little doubt that it's looking more and more like a lost little orphan among the big hitters of the smartphone world. Either Sony needs to get a move on with PlayStation Suite or things will start to look grim, unless there's an Xperia Play 2 in the pipe with a full library of PS2 games to play.

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