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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...

Vita diving sales in Japan still better than 2013's highs

After all the fun here comes the slow season. Few new releases and dying hardware sales. Last year, Sony's sales dived into a trough of sub-20,000 sales that it took most of the year to get out of. This time it dives back down from recent highs of 80,000 a week to just 30,000. That 'low' is about as good as most of the Vita's 'highs' from last year (big releases aside). I'd guessing the first two weeks of 2014, the Vita sold what it took until the end of February to hit last year. That's good - for Japan!


On the games side, Final Fantasy sales dived to 12,000, likely due to lack of stock, to cling onto the top 10. Vita TV and PSP also halved in sales with the new TV dongle starting to suffer very badly. If this is the PSP's final year, it has done Sony proud.


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