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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...

Demon Gaze and Monster Monpiece sell out in Japan

The Demon Gaze website has a typically polite, but browser untranslatable, notice apologising for the game selling out of copies in Japan. Which begs the question, did they not produce enough or have sales gone bananas to produce a game that could threaten the other Vita big sellers, all three of them.


A similar notice for Compile Heart's Monster Monpiece (which does translate) says they shipped 27,000 copies and have also sold out. You'd hope that Demon Gaze would have launched with many more copies, but if this is the general state of Vita launches then it won't be threatening any best seller lists anytime soon.

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