Video Games

A quick update on the state of PlayStation 4 sales, since everyone’s watching this closely, and the numbers keep rising at record rates: After I broke down a questionable demographic report on Black Friday console sales in the U.S. yesterday morning, Sony released updated sales figures for the PS4 worldwide. The new figure: 2.1 million Continue Reading →

Best Buy is kicking off its Ultimate Gamers Showdown on Monday night in New York City and San Francisco. Marking the arrival of Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One, Best Buy is letting gamers across the country compete and test their skill in Madden NFL 25, with the grand prize winner heading home with Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s Xbox One launched last week in 13 markets for $499 USD, and sold a million units within 24 hours, just like the PlayStation 4. Also like the PlayStation 4, the Xbox One had tech issues marring an otherwise solid launch – some people complained of malfunctioning disc drives, though Microsoft is taking care of Continue Reading →

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Starting Thursday night, a major tech company sold more than one million units of its next-gen gaming console, and since then has had to contend with scattered user reports of hardware defects. It was true of Sony last week with the PlayStation 4, and now it’s true of Continue Reading →

Sony said some of the PlayStation 4 consoles that went on sale in North America last week were reportedly damaged during shipping, following customer complaints the devices suddenly turned themselves off. Sony sold more than 1 million PS4 consoles during the first 24 hours of sales. Some buyers reported the power-indicator light kept blinking, there Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s newest video game system, the Xbox One, is now available in stores throughout the United States and 14 other countries for $499. The Xbox One is priced $100 more than Sony’s new system, the PlayStation 4, which hit store shelves a week earlier. The price difference is mainly attributed to the Kinect, Microsoft’s motion-sensing Continue Reading →

Today is the day that diehard gamers have been looking forward to all year — it’s Xbox One launch day. Launching in 15 markets for $499.99 (USD), Microsoft’s first new console since 2005 is launching with 22 titles for you to choose from. This day has been a long time coming, and Best Buy is Continue Reading →

The PlayStation 4 is great. I think. There aren’t really enough games out for me to say so definitively, but I think it’s great. So far. Available now in the U.S. for $399 (if you can find one), the PlayStation 4 took everything that was good about the PlayStation 3, got rid of (mostly) everything Continue Reading →

Just days ahead of the Xbox One’s Friday North American launch, Microsoft has announced that the ability to stream live Xbox One gameplay through gaming-focused site Twitch.tv will not be available until early 2014. “We know the ability to instantly broadcast gameplay is something the gaming community is excited about, and we are too,” the Continue Reading →

Sony’s next-gen PlayStation 4 console is off to a good start. The company announced on Sunday that it has sold over 1 million consoles in just 24 hours. Sony’s PlayStation 4 only launched on Friday in the US and Canada, so it’s an impressive start for just two regions. (To learn everything you need to Continue Reading →