We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In September — before the Black Friday and holiday shopping events kicked off — Sony announced it had sold 84.2 million PlayStation 5 units – ...

This morning, we learned that November was a surprisingly bad month for video game spending across the board. Hardware dollar sales and physical software unit sales were both at the lowest we've seen ...

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 ...

Though it won’t replace mainstream gaming consoles or PCs, the Nex Playground is a strong option for anyone who wants an affordable, easy-to-set-up experience built around games that take great ...

If you didn’t feel the need to pick up a video game console this past year, you were certainly not alone. A new report from Circana says the gaming industry just had its worst November for console ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By James Austin James Austin is a writer covering games and hobbies, which means ...

Do you want the bad news, or the worse news first? There's no good way to do this, so why don't we just hear both at the same time: game hardware got much more expensive in 2025, and we should prepare ...

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 ...

When you think of the best gaming handheld devices, your mind might wander to the Game Boy or Nintendo DS you grew up with. But did you know that today’s handhelds let you play blockbuster PC games on ...

While you can just use certain console commands above to adjust your bank balance, there's also an infinite money cheat that ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Over the summer, you might recall seeing a homebrew 6502 game console called the GameTank grace these pages. The product of [Clyde Shaffer], the system was impressively complete, very well documented, ...