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July 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 .  July 2026 Update : Sony managed a cannon-fire sized self-inflicted injury by announcing the end of physical releases across the end of the PS5 era and the launch of the PS6. Due to lack of sales (only 7 titles have passed the 100,000 mark in the last year) and economics, it still doesn't matter to PlayStation owners, collectors are stores, who can now only sell digital codes in a box.  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 ma...

Another Android handheld riffs on the Vita

Remember the PSP being a great retro machine. And most of crackers efforts have been on trying to free up the Vita to do a similar job? Well, never mind. Just pay £129 and get yourself a JXD S7800. Despite the crappy name this little Android handheld with a 7-inch 1280*800 screen claims to play all Android games, plus PS1, N64, SNES, Megadrive and many more games through emulation. It seems to be an update to this JXD device from 2012!


What can the Vita play? About 700 native games (most not available in the west) some PSP titles and a very small number of PS one games - sounds rather pathetic in comparison doesn't it. Also on the way is Snail Games W3D handheld and a whole army of micro-consoles to squish the feeble-selling PlayStation TV - you'd think Sony might want to do something about that,


Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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