Xbox has been losing the gaming console war for years, as declining hardware sales struggle to compete against the Nintendo Switch and Sony's PlayStation. The past year has seen layoffs, price hikes ...

This morning, we learned that November was a surprisingly bad month for video game spending across the board. Hardware dollar sales and physical software unit sales were both at the lowest we've seen ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

After Valve announced its upcoming Steam Machine living room box earlier this month, some analysts suggested to Ars that Valve could and should aggressively subsidize that hardware with “loss leader” ...

The Nex Playground is an interactive video game console that uses a camera to track body movements. Ahead of Black Friday, the active play system is on sale for under $200, a discount of $49. While ...

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

As much as console makers might prefer otherwise, the market has spoken — and it doesn’t seem to be asking for double the teraflops every seven years. (Yes, we know, there are dozens of you who are.) ...

It's not a "GameCube" per se, but Valve's Steam Machine will bring your Steam library to your living room. Reading time 4 minutes Valve is entering the console race, and it’s doing so in the most ...

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In April, when Nintendo revealed that the Switch 2 would cost $450, there was a palpable sense of shock. A full 50% higher than the launch cost of the Nintendo Switch, it was the company's priciest ...

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Rapper Soulja Boy is once again trying to sell a game console, this time selling what looks to be a rebranded Retroid Pocket Flip 2 under the name SouljaGame Flip. In a post on Instagram (spotted by ...