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PlayStation 6 and PlayStation Portable future visions

 The recent PlayStation video about the "simulated" technology in development 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 .  April 2026 Update:  Compatibility with PS5 and PS4 games seems to be locked-in, as anything the PS6 full fat hardware the portable versions should be able to do as well, with near-invisible trade-offs at the silicon level.  Prices are firming up too with estimates around the PlayStation 6 handheld at between $500 to $700 and a PlayStation 6 at $700 to $1,000, depending on the deepening silicon crisis and Sony's budgeting wizards.  Only a few developers around the world could afford to take advantage of it for AAA+ budget games. Everyone else is still barely cutting the skin of the PS5's power, and most western smaller/indie o...

Sony Japan's Vita Fireworks event recap

While we were all going through the lows-and-lowers of E3, Sony Japan was having its own event called Summer Fireworks, which certainly did more to hit the spot for Asian Vita owners. Most of it was broadcast on Nico Nico, which is more or less a nightmare for westerners to watch, or at least understand.


Still, for the brave, Sony has now put up a Japanese portal site with all the news and better quality videos, showing off Freedom Wars, Monster Hunter Frontier G, Oreshika 2 and Toukiden Kiwami. Most of the videos are your usual way-out Japanese "there's a game in here somewhere" with lots of chat, costumes and "zaniness." But its still worth a peek if you were feeling deflated by E3.

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