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 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...

Gundam Breaker 3 dominates in Japan

Its all go in this week's Japanese Media Create chart with a frenzy of new entries. Gundam Breaker 3 is top for the Vita with a fraction under 75,000 sales. That beats the PS4 version by about 8,000 sales, pretty impressive considering the big-screen version seems substantially shinier.

Atelier Shallie creeps in at No. 4 with a lightweight 20K sales with Wonderfuly Party at No. 6 on 13.5K. As a footnote, Kan Colle Kai is now over the 200,000 mark including digital sales according to the publisher's Twitter. Sounds like the game still needs a lot of work though.

On the hardware side, the new Vita starter kits had a modest impact on sales, up to just under 30,000 for the week.


Elsewhere in the latest Famitsu reviews, Digimon World: Next Order top scored scored 8/8/9/8, which suggests hot sales for the reinvigorated series. 

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