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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...

Kirby Star Allies dominates Japan's charts

Kirby Star Allies sold 222,031 retail copies in Japan's latest Media Create chart, to easily take the No. 1 spot. That helped kick Switch hardware sales up by 10K, bringing sales neatly into line with the post-launch period. From now we'll see just what hardware legs the Switch has, this week it is crushing PS4 sales by 32,000!


Also out last week, Attack on Titan 2 makes a fairly scattershot entry across multiple formats, selling:

No. 3 PS4 - 28,480
No. 4 Switch - 22, 941
No. 8 Vita - 15, 261

Also out across several formats, Winning Post 8 looks like it is approaching the end of its race, selling minimal numbers across the main formats. 

No. 11 PS4 - 8,459
No. 17 Vita - 3,837
No. 18 Switch - 3,745

Full data here, last set of figures here.



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