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 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...

Vita's design is still ahead of the game!

ASUS' Republic of Gamers "ROG" Gaming phone is a new kid on the portable fun block. And boy did its designers not have a damn clue. There's a cooling fan option, a super-size 3DS-style chunky case and then the turd on the cake, worse-than-Nintendo Switch side controllers. All shameful additions as the actual phone looks pretty cutting-edge.

Sure, between these three kludges, Android gaming fans might find a suitable way to play whatever it is that Android gamers play. But, seriously, Sony proved themselves way ahead of the game when it came to style and design with the PSP and Vita.

Just imagine a new launch Vita, slightly thicker for the modern GPU and cooling, with HD OLED, quad triggers, wireless streaming to HDTV and whatever else they could cram in without the hilarious Nintendo-style Joy-Cons (which I still can't come to love). So, yep Sony might have misread the market, and ballsed up everything else, but they designed one hell of a device!

The odd thing is, as Sony has dumped Vita, why didn't ASUS license or buy the design, uprate the hardware, making case changes as needed and run a dual OS Vita/Android system? They have form for Windows/Android devices and other hybrids, so why not?






Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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