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Festive portable deals take off from Xbox Ally, Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks.  December deals :  Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details .  PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK  (another £10 off for refurbs)  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale).  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 Europ...
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Xperia gaming event suggests new Sony mobile hardware

Update: Scrap any hope at all, Sony's reveal was for a phone extender/grip with cooling plus HDMI, audio and network ports with USB-C enabling mobile/streamers' phone screens to act as an extra controller or screen without any extra buttons at all - madness! The one thing I notice about most esports people, they use buttons on controllers!



Original article: Sony most likely will never launch new PlayStation portable hardware, but the Xperia brand trundles on. While Sony might not get the exposure of Samsung, Google or Apple, it continues to release new models like the recent, and madly named, Sony Xperia V IV with a 4K OLED display.

Which does give the broader company a chance to release gaming hardware without sullying the PlayStation brand if it fails to meet market expectations. Having recently partnered with BackBone for a smartphone controller gizmo, a full-on gaming phone with proper controls isn't that hard to imagine, either as a bundle with the Bone or a new product. 

The brief hints are "made for pro gamers and streamers" which suggests Remote Play, even if not exclusively for PlayStation (there is no sign of a PlayStation logo). Anyway, we'll find out on Saturday, noon Japan time - which I think is about 3AM UK, so don't wait up. 

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