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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...

Killzone Mercenary to lead the way in a six-month Vita TV campaign

In this week's MCV trade mag, Sony says that KZM will be used as the "hero" title for a six-month campaign across TV, online and print publications. That could translate into not much actual TV coverage, especially given its 18-rating, but it'll be good to see the Vita fighting alongside GTA V and other big games this Christmas.

With Tearaway likely to be used to promote the family-friendly aspects of the Vita, its up to Sony to really get a move on as it has no FIFA, Need for Speed, Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed bundles to help it out with spreading the word. To back that up, are a scary couple of stats from MCV. The Vita was worth 1.4% of the UK market by units and just 1.2% by retail value (excluding PSN) in August. I've still not actually seen GAME's Killzone Bundle in the flesh - is this real?



That should perk up thanks to Killzone's arrival in the chart, along with Rayman Legends but its a pretty pathetic tale. Interestingly, Sega has published some of its own digital sales data, to try and get the market to take notice of the "real chart" where its own Total War Rome II would have been No. 1 if they were including. Hopefully, other players will do the right thing.

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