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Portable post-Black Friday deals take off from 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: 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 before Sep 2025 Big names, including Evercade Alpha Street Fighter and Mega Man bartop arcade, Tomb Raider, all Super Pocke...

Japan's holiday week sees dozy sales

Nothing much happened in Japan last week, with PS4 Uncharted the only new entry at the top of the Media Create chart. Pro Jikkyou baseball and Minecraft hung around the top 10 for the Vita, but on much reduced sales, with Minecraft celebrating 1 million sales last week.

The Vita itself managed 12,300 sales, that's still over 21% of the market, which seems to be a stable niche. Next up on the release list are Dragon Quest Heroes 2 and Cladun Sengoku, landing on 27 May, expect a couple more quiet weeks until those figures come in.


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