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June 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 .  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 making the Blu-ray an accessory (like the PS5 Slim).  I prefer the idea of a dedicated dock on the PS6 that connects the next Portable to your entire PSN library, and they'd better make it work as an extra controller, but I'm sure there are practical benefits to the extra drive.   That should also boost sales of PS4 and PS5 physical games, especially on the second-hand market, as folk...

Tempest 4K goes physical on PS4, any chance of TxK?

There are many lingering injustices on the Vita, the largest being that one of its finest shooters, Jeff Minter's 2014 vector-fest TxK never got a physical release. If you want to support the old Ox, and I do hope he's getting some cash from this deal between Atari and PQube, then the newer Tempest 4000 for PS4 game is available in boxed form for EU types (the US version has been out for a while).


Hopefully the PS4 release (pic, below) will act as a nudge for someone, somewhere to dig up the Vita version and put that in a pretty blue case, even if we have to import it from Japan!


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