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Sony Says PS5 Price Hikes Are Possible As It Faces $680 Million Hit From Tariffs
14.5.2025
All eyes have been on Sony to see if it follows in Microsoft’s footsteps and, in response to increased U.S. tariffs, dramatically raises the price of the PlayStation 5 . The company confirmed to investors on Wednesday that it might end up doing exactly that as it faces a potential $680 million hole...
Microsoft Announces Massive Xbox Console Price Hike, Xbox Games To Cost $80
1.5.2025
Microsoft has announced it will be raising the prices of all Xbox consoles, accessories, and games, and the increases are huge. Console and peripheral prices will go up today, May 1, by an enormous amount, while new first-party game prices will all hit $80 by the holidays.Read more
Renting Video Game Consoles Is So Back
21.4.2025
The first time I ever set hands on a PlayStation 2, it was a rental from Blockbuster. It came in a big black suitcase. I played The Bouncer all weekend. It was fantastic. The practice of lending out entire video game consoles did not last very long, but it’s recently become a hit in Japan again....
50 Percent Of PS5 Owners Are Freaks And Actually Shut Their Console Down When They Stop Playing
6.1.2025
I only ever turn my PlayStation 5 off a few times a year, and it’s usually when there’s an unexpected power outage or I accidentally hit the red switch on the power strip it’s plugged into. My PS5 yells at me when I turn it back on and I vow never to do it again. Apparently only about 50 percent...
This Week A Studio Was Shut Down, Rumble Rescued A Pariah, And Water Remained Wet
30.11.2024
This may have been a short workweek, but the chaotic world of gaming never rests. Read on for Kotaku’s top stories from Thanksgiving week.Read more
How Trump's Tariffs Could Cost Gamers Billions
27.11.2024
In mid-2019, then-President Donald Trump threatened to extend existing tariffs on industrial components and other goods to popular consumer products like iPhones, laptops, and video game consoles. The big three—Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, long-time competitors in the gaming space—rallied...
Rumors Are Flying Of A Possible PlayStation 5 Portable
25.11.2024
Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Sony is working on a portable version of the PlayStation 5. This comes hot on the heels of news from Microsoft that a portable Xbox is being worked on, and of course ahead of the imminent announcement of the Switch 2. Everyone’s going handheld!Read more
The All-Digital PS5 Might Be The Least Popular Console Of All
24.10.2024
Gaming seems destined for an all-digital future, but even as players overwhelmingly buy games digitally, they still appear to be opting for consoles with disc drives over ones without them. According to recent data on the current state of the console race, digital-only PlayStation 5s appear to...
Our Staff Has Wildly Differing Opinions On The PS5 Pro — Here's Why
15.9.2024
To be able to afford something means more than just having the money that it costs. It also means having the requisite desire and perceived need to convince yourself its cost is commensurate with its value. When I say I can’t afford to take a $40 Uber home from the office but then spend $60 on Uber...
Why Everyone Spent The Week Losing It Over The ‘PS5 Pro’ And ‘Next Xbox’
27.5.2022
It feels like the current console generation is only just getting started, and yet, a corner of the internet spent a good part of this week obsessing over the next iteration, the presumed mid-generation hardware refreshes for Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S. The commotion...
The Transition To PS5 And Xbox Series X/S, Six Months Later
1.7.2021
Last November, following years of speculation and hype, Microsoft released its next-gen consoles, the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Two days later, Sony followed up with a next-gen console of its own, the irresistibly memeable PlayStation 5. Both machines promised cutting-edge graphics...
New Xbox Backward-Compatibility Feature Improves Framerates On Select Games
17.2.2021
Microsoft announced today that it is further improving Xbox Series X/S enhancements to backward-compatible games with a new feature known as Xbox FPS Boost, which does exactly what it says on the tin.Read more