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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 gets its shrinkifying update

Version 1.03 of the Vita's bestest FPS is now available, and while it doesn't offer any of the big new toys Guerrilla's been teasing, it will help toward that end. What we do get is a 350MB patch that reduces the games footprint by around 800MB. It also adds a quit button to player end-game summary screens and the start-up valour screen only shows once-a-day which should speed up your progress through the game.

The game's major new features should arrive in 2014, but it'd be cool if they could drop just one more neatly wrapped update before Christmas to reward the faithful.

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