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According to the market research group Circana, the general public has drastically reduced its spending on gaming consoles this sales season. Spending fell by 27% in November 2025 compared to last ...

If you've ever taken a look at the back of your computer, you've no doubt seen the rainbow of holes that make up the different audio ports your motherboard has to offer. You'll also spot many of the ...

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While Microsoft has denied stepping away from hardware production outright, there’s no denying that the company’s decreasing reliance on first-party publishing will leave a gap in the console gaming ...

TL;DR: During Black Friday 2025 in the U.S., the NEX Playground, a compact, affordable Android-based console with motion-sensing features, outsold the Xbox Series X|S. The PlayStation 5 led sales 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” ...

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.) ...

Valve has announced the return of the Steam Machine, but its latest iteration is a high-powered gaming console designed to bring PC-quality performance to living-room televisions, reigniting its ...

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Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Valve has announced three new pieces of hardware for Steam: The console-like Steam Machine, a new virtual reality headset called Steam Frame, and a brand new version of the Steam Controller. They all ...