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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...

Xeno Crisis will invade the Switch in 2019

Crowd-funded 16-bit retro classic Xeno Crisis is hitting the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive and Dreamcast first in tribute to the legendary Sega platforms. But it will also come to the Switch in early 2019, giving non-Segaites a chance to enjoy the top-down shooter with multiplayer features.

Riffing heavily on the Alien series, it looks brilliant fun and will hopefully inspire more developers to dive into their retro-archives for some historical inspiration. I'd love to see games that riff on Starglider, Virus, Xenon II, Hard Drivin' and other 16-bit epics.


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