picture: Anthony McLaughlin (Shutterstock) Video game consoles are very expensive pieces of computer hardware packed in relatively small boxes and packaged with expensive controllers. So it’s not surprising to hear that Microsoft doesn’t make any money from selling Xbox consoles. In fact, it’s losing as much as $200 on every console sold these days. Previously, ...
Having a (relatively) small device that can play basically any big game on it is a cool idea, and it is what I love about Valve’s Steam Deck. But the deck can be a bit bulky, and its battery just doesn’t last at times. Also, it doesn’t work that easily with Xbox Game Pass. So ...
picture: Xbox/Nintendo/Sony/Kotaku/tostphoto (Shutterstock) Today Sony announced that in most regions The PlayStation 5 would see a price increase as a result of inflation. In response to this news, people began to wonder if other console manufacturers would make similar price increases. The answer seems to be no, at least for now. But both Nintendo and ...
What is this now, a series? A guy builds a tiny little PS5 So does someone else have to go out and build a massive Xbox Series X? (Obviously not, it’s just weird that we have two things like this in one week!) Michael Pick, aka The Casual Engineerwas inspired by Microsoft’s own attempts turn ...
photo: Diego Thomasini (Shutterstock) It feels like the current generation of consoles only at the beginning, and yet one corner of the internet spent much of this week mull over the next iteration, the putative mid-gen hardware refreshes for Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S. The excitement is all thanks to an event ...
photo: my box The Steam Deck undoubtedly reignited people’s interest in handheld gaming on anything other than a Switch. But had it never happened, 2022 would still have been a year full of Switch-sized gaming gear, thanks largely to developments in the world of emulation. At the forefront of this pack is new console creator ...
photo: Luke Plunkett Microsoft has applied for a patent, but it’s not a perfect solution for every hassle you have with modern consoles and digital propertycan still a big step forward for anyone who has a catalog of games on disc but has bought (or is considering buying) a digital-only console. The patent, first discovered ...
Akihabara is full of second hand wildlife stores.photo: YUKI IWAMURA / AFP (Getty Images) A 50-year-old man was arrested by Tokyo police for allegedly reselling around two hundred video game consoles and games. which were intended for delivery. The suspect confessed to the allegations. TV Asahi notes that the consoles were worth 5.8 million yen ...
