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Portable post-Black Friday deals take off from Xbox Ally, Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

 While there's no sign of a discount on the PlayStation Portal or Xbox Ally, portable gamers can still get in on the Black Friday action. From handheld PC gaming devices to Nintendo, there's plenty on offer.  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely gettting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europe and US markets.  Not all deals have kicked in yet, but the official list is:  Up to 30% off all cartridges released before September 2025 20% off all hardware released before September 2025 US and Canada to receive 20% off all lines released...

Enjoy 20 years of PlayStation in 216 seconds

From the boot tones to end all boot tones, have a peek at 20 years of PlayStation gaming, courtesy of this official montage of Sony's own choice of highlights. I'm sure there's loads missing, but one question: Why can't the Vita's power-on mode come with an option to choose from the PS1, PS2 or PS3 start tones?

That's the kind of lack of imagination that Sony suffers from when it goes beyond the logo and the interface, otherwise the Vita, PS3 and PS4 would be rocking interfaces that would get people, not just gamers, talking!

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