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 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 .  April 2026 Update:  Compatibility with PS5 and PS4 games seems to be locked-in, as anything the PS6 full fat hardware the portable versions should be able to do as well, with near-invisible trade-offs at the silicon level.  Prices are firming up too with estimates around the PlayStation 6 handheld at between $500 to $700 and a PlayStation 6 at $700 to $1,000, depending on the deepening silicon crisis and Sony's budgeting wizards.  Only a few developers around the world could afford to take advantage of it for AAA+ budget games. Everyone else is still barely cutting the skin of the PS5's power, and most western smal...

PS Vita gets a mini firmware upgrade, PS+ minis now work

The Vita will soon (live now apparently) get a dapper little firmware upgrade, to version 1.65, offering some fairly basic functionality improvements including:

UPDATE: The firmware upgrade has been removed due to a technical issue, no word on when it will be back.

UPDATE to the UPDATE: PS Vita's firmware update is now available again (now called v1.66).
  •  A “Notification Alert” option will be added to Settings, so you can toggle alerts on or off “After 10 minutes” will be added to the time options under Power Save Settings 
  • An Arrow icon will now appear when PS Vita finds new activities in the LiveArea 
  • Caps Lock will be supported in the On Screen Keyboard
Undocumented, but apparently the case according to some tweets, is a fix so that PlayStation+ users can now play their minis on the Vita. It also adds a percentage counter for game installation, improvements to the frequency of Near updates, and a background download option when manually selecting sleep mode.

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