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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...

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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