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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...

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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