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PlayStation 6 and PlayStation Portable future visions

 The recent PlayStation video about the "simulated" technology in development 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 .  April 2026 Update:  Compatibility with PS5 and PS4 games seems to be locked-in, as anything the PS6 full fat hardware the portable versions should be able to do as well, with near-invisible trade-offs at the silicon level.  Prices are firming up too with estimates around the PlayStation 6 handheld at between $500 to $700 and a PlayStation 6 at $700 to $1,000, depending on the deepening silicon crisis and Sony's budgeting wizards.  Only a few developers around the world could afford to take advantage of it for AAA+ budget games. Everyone else is still barely cutting the skin of the PS5's power, and most western smaller/indie o...

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!


Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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