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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...

Weekend thought: PS One games dead on PSN until Gaikai?

I was browsing PSN just now and see that Sony keeps the PS One Classics games icon quite high up the list. With such prominent placement, you'd have thought they'd be adding new games at a decent pace. Yet aside from Monkey Paw's efforts to bring some RPG and Shooter fun from Japan, it seems Sony is doing its level best not to update the service.

Which makes me think that it is holding back until Gaikai to release any sizeable new library of games. One reason for that could be that renting them via a subscription service is different to owning them, which might get around all the copyright stuff that prevents many games from being re-released.

The other is that Sony wants everyone to pay an additional Gaikai fee and is holding back all those games to nudge us into subscribing. Since we won't likely get it in Europe until 2015 (because of our shitty broadband, apparently -- he writes looking at his good-to-go 110Mb connection).

So, will you subscribe to Gaikai - whenever it arrives - to play these PS One, PS2 (and by then PS3) classics? Or is Sony taking enough of your money with PS+ and ludicrous PSN prices?

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