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It’s official: Sony is the king of the consoles again

by Taylor Soper on June 11, 2014September 1, 2014 at 11:32 pm1 Comment

It took eight years, but Sony is once again king of the consoles. The company sold 18.7 million consoles worldwide in its last fiscal year, a number that includes sales from the PS4,… Read More

Hulu Plus “Remote Control” brings Chromecast-style features to Xbox One, PS4

by Blair Hanley Frank on April 24, 2014April 24, 2014 at 12:19 pmComment

Hulu Plus subscribers are getting a little bit more control over their streaming experience on game consoles with a new update. The company launched a new feature called “Remote Control”… Read More

Microsoft wants to buy your PlayStation 3 for $100

by Blair Hanley Frank on January 30, 2014January 30, 2014 at 8:57 am 7 Comments

Have an old PS3 or Xbox 360 sitting around? Microsoft wants to take that off your hands. The company is offering up to $100 in credit at its Microsoft Store… Read More

Yes, you can: How to play Xbox 360 games on Xbox One

by Taylor Soper on November 22, 2013November 28, 2015 at 1:22 pm 243 Comments

Update, June 15, 2015: At the annual E3 video game conference, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One will be able to natively play Xbox 360 games — making its newest console… Read More

Study: Those who play Xbox are better in bed than other gamers

by Taylor Soper on April 4, 2013April 4, 2013 at 4:43 pmComment

Here’s another feather Xbox gamers can add to their caps: Apparently they’re better in bed than those on who play on other consoles. A study, performed in the UK by… Read More

Sony teaches us how to unveil a console without actually showing it

by Taylor Soper on February 20, 2013February 20, 2013 at 7:13 pm 5 Comments

Sony’s huge, hyped-up PS4 event in New York City concluded Wednesday evening after two hours of dazzling gameplay, awesome features and a sleek new touchpad controller. But we didn’t see… Read More

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A gamer’s dream: ‘The Art of Video Games’ exhibit debuts Friday at the EMP (PHOTOS)

by Taylor Soper on February 14, 2013October 22, 2013 at 8:54 amComment

If you’ve ever wanted to jump in a time machine and relive the 40-year history of video games, well, Seattle’s EMP museum is the place to do it. Opening this… Read More

Consumers spent $14.8B on video game content in 2012, down 9 percent from last year

by Taylor Soper on February 6, 2013February 6, 2013 at 9:49 am1 Comment

Just like the newspaper, book and movie industries, the latest numbers show the video game sector quickly moving to digital and away from physical forms of content. The NPD Group… Read More

Struggling Nintendo sells 3 million Wii U consoles, lowers forecasts again

by Taylor Soper on January 30, 2013February 10, 2013 at 7:29 am 2 Comments

Nintendo’s quarterly numbers are out and the company managed to sell 3.06 million Wii U consoles worldwide during the holiday quarter, following the launch of the new console in November.… Read More

Report: Chinese government could lift 12-year-old ban on video game hardware

by Taylor Soper on January 28, 2013January 28, 2013 at 10:31 am1 Comment

Execs at Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and maybe even Valve are licking their chops this morning at the latest news from China. China Daily is reporting that the Chinese government is… Read More

Sony boss: We’ll let Microsoft unveil its console first, then make ours better

by Taylor Soper on January 21, 2013January 21, 2013 at 9:48 am 19 Comments

While we don’t have exact release dates for next-generation consoles, we now know Sony’s PS4 will be released after Microsoft’s new Xbox. That’s at least according to Sony CEO Kazuo… Read More

Xbox 360 wins holiday season in U.S., marks two straight years atop market

by Taylor Soper on January 10, 2013January 10, 2013 at 5:23 pm 9 Comments

The Xbox 360 is champ once again. Microsoft’s console was the best-selling console in the United States last month, marking 24 consecutive months atop the video game market. NPD research… Read More

Yo, Sounders fan in that Xbox shirt! Be honest, what’s your favorite game console?

by Taylor Soper on October 23, 2012December 7, 2014 at 8:20 am 8 Comments

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is the title sponsor of the Seattle Sounders FC soccer team — which means that fans show up at games with the Xbox 360 brand across their… Read More

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Late at night in private club, Nintendo tries to win back the love of longtime fans

by Todd Bishop on September 8, 2012December 7, 2014 at 8:30 am 5 Comments

The line out the door at this trendy venue wasn’t for a band — it was for Mario. Nintendo fans packed a rented space in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Friday… Read More

GameKlip: Android meets PS3 with new video game accessory from UW student

by Todd Bishop on August 7, 2012December 7, 2014 at 8:20 am 2 Comments

The idea of using a PlayStation 3 controller to play games on an Android device isn’t new. For some gamers it’s superior to using on-screen controls. But a 23-year-old University of… Read More

Sony hides PlayStation 3 sales data as profits fall

by Todd Bishop on August 2, 2012December 7, 2014 at 8:17 am 2 Comments

Maybe I’m a nerd, but one of the things I look forward to each quarter is the release of Sony’s earnings, because they provide the final data point that we need… Read More

Xbox 360 marks 18 months atop U.S. console market

by Todd Bishop on July 13, 2012July 13, 2012 at 9:25 am 14 Comments

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 257,000 units in the U.S. in June, topping Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii for the 18th consecutive month, according to NPD Group research cited by… Read More

PS3 sucks less than Xbox and Wii in tough Q1 for consoles

by Todd Bishop on May 10, 2012May 10, 2012 at 8:50 am 7 Comments

Sony reported its latest financial results overnight, and the numbers put the PlayStation 3 back atop the worldwide console market for the March quarter. But that ain’t saying much. In a… Read More

PS3 gets Amazon video app, Xbox 360 still stuck with workaround, for now

by Todd Bishop on April 3, 2012April 3, 2012 at 2:45 pm 8 Comments

If you own a PlayStation 3 and subscribe to Amazon Prime, it’s your lucky day. Amazon today announced the availability of an Amazon Instant Video app for the PS3, making… Read More

Chart: Kinect surpasses 25% of Xbox 360 installed base

by Todd Bishop on January 10, 2012January 12, 2012 at 10:50 am 7 Comments

One piece of news disclosed by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer here at the Consumer Electronics Show last night was that cumulative sales of Kinect have surpassed 18 million units since… Read More

Chart: How we’re spending time on our game consoles

by Todd Bishop on December 25, 2011December 25, 2011 at 7:09 am 8 Comments

Millions of people are waking up to new video-game consoles under the tree this morning. But how they end up using their new consoles might surprise you. And it’s likely… Read More

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 rules the U.S. console market, again

by Todd Bishop on June 13, 2011June 14, 2011 at 2:28 pm 9 Comments

In a down month for video games, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued to buck the trend in May, according to new data out this afternoon. Microsoft sold 270,000 Xbox 360s in… Read More

Apple, Xbox set to battle for attention of tech world

by Todd Bishop on June 5, 2011June 5, 2011 at 10:02 pm 3 Comments

It’s hard to remember a week with so many big tech companies staging so many potentially big announcements. It kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Pacific time Monday morning with Microsoft’s… Read More

Xbox 360 leads in U.S. again; Microsoft says Kinect games will triple this year

by Todd Bishop on May 12, 2011May 12, 2011 at 4:21 pm 3 Comments

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued its reign atop the U.S. console market in April, according to data from the NPD Group market research firm cited by the Redmond company this afternoon.… Read More

Redbox getting into video games, like for reals this time

by Todd Bishop on April 28, 2011June 28, 2011 at 10:41 amComment

Coming soon to the front stoop of your local 7-Eleven: Master Chief and Mario. Redbox, the movie-rental subsidiary of Bellevue-based Coinstar, is rolling out video games to more than 21,000… Read More

Wii sequel in 2012: Can Nintendo top PS3, Xbox 360?

by Todd Bishop on April 25, 2011April 25, 2011 at 9:16 am 2 Comments

In the process of announcing its latest financial results this morning, Nintendo confirmed that it plans to release the successor to its hit Wii game console in 2012, after previewing… Read More

‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ atop the heap in February (List)

by Todd Bishop on March 11, 2011March 11, 2011 at 7:59 am 6 Comments

There’s a new king in the U.S. video game market, and it’s not exactly good news for the industry’s efforts to make itself more family friendly. “Call of Duty: Black… Read More

Xbox 3D? Job listings tip Microsoft’s hand

by Todd Bishop on March 8, 2011March 8, 2011 at 9:17 am 6 Comments

Nice catch by PC World this morning, digging up a series of job posts on LinkedIn that show Microsoft staffing up the Xbox team responsible for “next generation console architectures”… Read More