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July 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 .  July 2026 Update : Sony managed a cannon-fire sized self-inflicted injury by announcing the end of physical releases across the end of the PS5 era and the launch of the PS6. Due to lack of sales (only 7 titles have passed the 100,000 mark in the last year) and economics, it still doesn't matter to PlayStation owners, collectors are stores, who can now only sell digital codes in a box.  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 ma...

Vita sales steady in Japan as Akiba's Trip gets them off

Akiba's Trip leads the way for the Vita this week with almost 33.5K sales, and there are four Vita titles in the top 20, suggesting increasing longevity for the handheld. Vita sales don't do too bad either at 21,000 units, making it 160,000 units in five weeks since the launch of the 2000 model.

Expect things to go bananas in next week's chart as God Eater 2 and the Vita TV enter the scene. Going onsale in Japan this very minute in fact, if they're doing midnight openings for it.

01./00. [PS3] Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts)  121.699 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.)  115.630 / 2.847.101 (-29%)
03./04. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) 40.205 / 2.912.310 (-14%)
04./00. [PSV] Akiba's Trip 2 (Acquire) 33.476 / NEW
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07./05. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) 24.675 / 98.856 (-35%)
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16./00. [PSV] Exstetra (FuRyu)  11.376 / NEW
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19./07. [PSV] Gundam Breaker # (Bandai Namco Games)  8.897 / 42.672 (-74%)
20./13. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami)  7.976 / 45.173 (-38%)

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