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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...

Switch sales plummet, but still dominate in Japan's post holiday chart

As the Switch motors into the third year of its life, the seasonal sales come to a halt with a bump as the Nintendo heartthrob console shed 120K sales last week, back to the more usual 78K territory.

That's still 75% of the Japanese market according to the latest Media Create data, probably helped by the arrival of New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe, which sold 166K units on its relaunch for Switch, and puts three Mario games in the Media Create top 10.

Silver 2017, Red 2018, Gold 2019
It might take another hit next week as Resident Evil 2 takes to the other consoles, I wonder how long this sales dominance will force the likes of Capcom to get a port over and Namco to work on the likes of Ace Combat 7 for Switch?

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