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In 2018, we lamented as Nintendo officially replaced the Virtual Console—its long-running line of downloadable classic games on the Wii and Wii U—with time-limited access to a set of games through a ...

AMD is building the chips for almost every console that's coming out, and it has given an update on how the Xbox and Steam Machine chips are progressing. AMD, being the powerhouse behind the next ...

Microsoft's next-gen Xbox console may arrive in 2027, according to AMD CEO, Lisa Su The next-gen console will be powered by a custom AMD processor Xbox President previously confirmed the console will ...

The Switch is now the best-selling Nintendo console in history, having surpassed 155 million sales since it launched in 2017. It means the device, which saw a huge boom in sales over the pandemic, has ...

The original Switch is now Nintendo's most successful console ever. The recent holiday period had pushed it over the line to dethrone the DS. The Nintendo Switch, the hybrid home and handheld console ...

3.25m Switch units were sold during the nine-month period covered in Nintendo's latest financial report, which began on 1st April 2025. Nintendo's Switch console is now the second best selling console ...

Microsoft says its new Xbox Cloud UI is the ‘foundation’ for new Xbox experiences. Microsoft says its new Xbox Cloud UI is the ‘foundation’ for new Xbox experiences. is a senior editor and author of ...

The console wars ended a while ago, in case you didn’t know. But if they were still raging on, a talented hardware modder in China created a device that would force a lasting peace. It’s a massive and ...

PCWorld observes that Xbox appears to be losing ground as gaming shifts toward PC-based living room experiences, with handheld PCs and cloud streaming leading this transformation. Valve’s Steam Deck ...

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Microsoft’s Xbox console sales are getting squeezed, and the company is signaling it may not care in the way fans expect. CNBC points to Microsoft’s fiscal 2026 first-quarter earnings, where overall ...