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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...

Yosp shows off his God of War on his Steam Deck, aka Vita 2

PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida has been waving his Steam Deck around pretty regularly since the early models were gifted to tech luminaries. With the public launch set for February, it is likely to be the most powerful portable ever. Every time Yosp waves his about, people bring up the PSP, Vita and Sony's lack of a successor, and generates a bunch of press articles. 

The latest shot, showing it playing the PC version of God of War suggests that Yosp (now working for Sony on independent developer relations) accepts the Steam Deck is as close as we get to any Vita 2, with little hope of a PS5 remote player which would resolve Sony's total lack of a portable solution. 


For us Vita owners, its a look into what could have been, something ahead of the Switch in terms of power would have been fine for PS3/PS2/PS1/PSP and Vita gaming on the go, with streaming of PS4 and 5 titles. And I'm sure Sony would have done a better job on the buttons and triggers than appears on the early Steam Deck. 

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