The worst news yet for Wii U
All year long the bad news about Wii U sales has been offset to some extent by the hope that the next big Mario title would …
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Steam takes the fight to Xbox One, PS4 with big Black Friday discounts
Steam on Wednesday published its Black Friday and Cyber Monday game deals part of the Autumn Sale 2013 promotion that takes place from November 27th …
Surprise: Purchase intent polls show PS4 with a big lead over Xbox One
Two separate surveys are showing that the PlayStation 4 sits substantially ahead of Microsoft’s Xbox One when it comes to polling American consumers about console …
Microsoft gives gamers tips for warming girlfriends up to Xbox One
In addition to providing a template for writing quick, easy-to-use Xbox One-related “doctor’s orders,” Microsoft is also providing a similar email form for convincing your significant …
PS4 game prices reduced on PSN to match Xbox One offers in Europe
Sony has negotiated with game publishers including EA and Ubisoft to adjust the prices of PlayStation 4 PSN games in order to match the cheaper …
iBuyPower kicks off first wave of third-party Steam Machine consoles
Valve is not going to be the only maker of Steam Machines and iBuyPower has become the first company to come up with Steam Machines …
There’s a very good reason the Xbox One costs $100 more than the PS4
After tearing down both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, research firm IHS concluded that the Xbox One costs $90 more to make than …
Microsoft offers free game for Xbox One owners burned by bad hardware
Microsoft is rewarding Xbox One buyers who encountered issues with the console right out of the box with a free game for their troubles, in addition …
Stellar Xbox One sales highlight what a disaster the Wii U has been
According to a notable British video game site MCV, the Xbox One sold 150,000 units during the first 48 hours of availability in the United …
Despite hot sales, Xbox One may be a $1 billion loser
Despite selling more than a million Xbox Ones in less than 24 hours after launch, Microsoft is not going to make money off its latest …
Twitch aims to quash homemade PS4 porn
The inclusion of Twitch live streaming on the PlayStation 4 is one of the most exciting features of the console, with hundreds of users broadcasting …
One huge hit: Microsoft sells 1 million Xbox Ones in 24 hours
Launched on November 22nd in 13 markets, the Xbox One has sold in more than one million consoles in less than 24 hours, setting a …
Why the gaming world still needs consoles
With both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 now out in the United States, there’s been some chatter about whether they’ll lead to a …
Here’s everything you need to know about Xbox One’s launch exclusives
Unfortunately for Sony, the PlayStation 4 lacks a system-selling game at launch. Killzone: Shadow Fall and Resogun are both worthwhile experiences in their own right, …
Xbox One complaints start flooding in: buggy disc drives, failure to turn on
On Microsoft’s Xbox One launch date, various hands-on reports from early buyers have hit the web that show that the new console may be experiencing …
PlayStation 4 already sold out at Best Buy
After selling 1 million PlayStation 4 units in the U.S. and Canada in the first 24 hours of availability, Sony sees more good PS4 sales …
Sony thinks it’s solved the PS4 ‘blue light of death’ mystery
The mystery surrounding the PlayStation 4’s enigmatic “blue light of death” may have been solved. Per Bloomberg, Sony this week said that some PlayStation 4 …
Doctor’s orders: Play Xbox One games intensively this weekend
In anticipation of the Xbox One launch, Microsoft put up a “Doctor’s Orders” page on its Xbox site, for players to customize and send their …
Teardown reveals how the Xbox One will avoid the ‘red ring of death’
Just like the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One also has a user-replaceable hard drive, iFixit’s teardown reveals. However, while the procedure appears to be easy enough …
The Wii U looks like a dead console walking [updated]
A few months before the PlayStation 4 storms into Japan, Nintendo has staged a last-ditch attempt to revive the fortunes of its Wii U consoles just …
Xbox One SmartGlass companion app now available on iOS, Android
The second screen experience has a chance to become a major part of the next generation of gaming. Microsoft brought the Xbox One SmartGlass app …
Here are the coolest Xbox One Skype features
Microsoft has been hyping the media capabilities of the Xbox One for months, and Skype is one of the many entertainment apps featured on the …
The first major PlayStation 4-Xbox One battle may end in a draw
With a one-week head start and 1 million sales in a single day, Sony has a chance to win the holiday season with the PlayStation …
Microsoft unveils cheat sheet for all Xbox One voice, gesture commands [Update]
Hard copies of infographics showing all the Xbox One’s Kinect Voice commands and Kinect Gestures that can be used to control Microsoft’s new gaming console …
When you hold the Xbox One controller, you’re holding $100 million of R&D
When it comes to the Xbox One, Microsoft has spared no expense. VentureBeat reports that Microsoft has plunged $100 million into research and development for …
You won’t be able to live-stream Xbox One games until at least 2014
One of the defining features of both next-gen consoles is their ability to stream live gameplay. Although Sony has had issues with several elements of …
Sony says only 1% of PS4 consoles affected by ‘blue light of death’
If stories about hardware failures are scaring you away from buying a PlayStation 4, don’t worry too much: There’s a 99% chance that you’ll be …
Valve readies killer Steam feature to help beat Xbox, PlayStation
Valve plans to show off its virtual reality prototype and explain what it will mean for Steam at its Steam Dev Days event that takes …
Xbox design team slags off the PS4 as ‘a less than premium product’
The critical consensus on the PlayStation 4 (including our own) has been positive so far, but how does the next-gen console fare when a group …
The strangest thing about the PS4: It actually looks profitable
Back in 2006, a TechInsights teardown showed that it cost Sony about $688 to build the PlayStation 3 console it launched at $599. Locked in a tough …
