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Portable post-Black Friday deals take off from Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

 While there's no sign of a discount on the PlayStation Portal or Xbox Ally, portable gamers can still get in on the Black Friday action. From handheld PC gaming devices to Nintendo, there's plenty on offer.  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europe and US markets.  Not all deals have kicked in yet, but the official list is:  Up to 30% off all cartridges released before September 2025 20% off all hardware released before September 2025 US and Canada to receive 20% off all lines released before Sep 2025 Big names, including Evercade Alpha Street Fighter and Mega Man bartop arcade, Tomb Raider, all Super Pocke...

Minecraft bossed it in Japan on the Vita, but what else sold well?

Minecraft was the biggest seller on the Vita for many years in Japan, regularly keeping the format above water in hardware (with this natty limited edition) and software sales. Some latest data from Famitsu (via @GameDataLibrary) shows just how far ahead of the pack it was. 

We knew Minecraft sold a million from historic Media Create data. Along with global sales of Persona 4 Golden it is likely the only other game to hit that mark. Also of interest is the strong effort from staple series including God Eater, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Sword Art Online titles. 

Everything else is pretty much fighting over the scraps, with Freedom Wars doing very well for a brand new title. Hopefully Sony will drag the shared-IP title back into the light soon, although with Sony Japan shutting down lots of development, maybe that was a last hurrah! 

As Japanese sales died off over recent generations, at least third-parties learned that distinctive titles like Danganronpa and would find an audience in the west, and hopefully that's one lesson the Vita partly gave the world. 


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