PlayStation 3

Xbox One suppliers are dismissing rumors that Xbox One shipments have been reduced due to the poor yield rates of two key supplies. According to DigiTimes, the Kinect camera module should not cause Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to deliver fewer Xbox One consoles this fall. Newmax, the unconfirmed...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reportedly lowered the number of Xbox One units that it expects to ship to retailers in 2013. According to a DigiTimes translation of a report by the Chinese-language publication Economic Daily News, only 6.2 million Xbox One units will arrive before the end of the...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced this week that its upcoming game console, PlayStation 4, will be released in North America on November 15. The device will arrive in Europe two weeks later on November 29. Sony did not say when it will release the new machine in Japan (where the company is headquartered...

If PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have equal demand this fall, Sony's (NYSE: SNE) console could still lead the market. According to DigiTimes, unnamed sources estimate that Sony will ship 10 million PlayStation 4 units in 2013. This estimate is based on mass component orders that are currently...

Consumers have not always been kind to console and handheld manufacturers. While Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have earned a degree of loyalty for producing iPhones and iPads, gamers are less likely to stand by their favorite hardware maker. This became evident the moment that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT...

Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) new streaming video device, Chromecast, officially retails for just $35. But after selling out almost immediately when the pre-order program began on July 24, additional customers were told that the device would not ship until August 7. Soon, Google stopped taking pre-...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) appears to be in the process of building a new television service. According to IGN, Sony filed a trademark application for something called 'PlayStation TV' late last month. Though it may sound like a competitor to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) long-awaited TV set, it is intended to...

When consumers look at the $200 starting price of Xbox 360, they may ask themselves, "What am I paying for?" The answer to that question is critical to the future of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) next console, Xbox One. At $499, it is the company's most expensive gaming device (not including the...

They said it couldn't be done. From former company executives who more or less told consumers to deal with it to analysts who did not believe it was feasible, many doubted that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) could or would change its DRM policies for Xbox One. This week the company changed most of...

Nearly 13 years ago, thousands of consumers lined up to purchase Sony's (NYSE: SNE) second game console, PlayStation 2. On a per store basis, the lines were rather short. Most Target (NYSE: TGT) locations, for example, received no more than a couple dozen people who were willing to wait overnight...

Now that Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One have been announced, the two companies are gearing up for the end of a very long console cycle. Microsoft's last console, Xbox 360, was released in 2005 and PlayStation 3 came out a year after that. Both machines...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) is set to make a major announcement today regarding the future of the PlayStation business. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sony will unveil the company's next console, which will include a streaming game service. Reuters concurs with that report. Earlier this week Sony...

PlayStation 3 set records as one of the most expensive game consoles ever released. When Sony (NYSE: SNE) shipped the console in 2006, it offered two different packages, one at $500 and another at $600. Since the former was only available in limited quantities, most consumers ended up buying the...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) has announced plans to release a slimmer and more expensive version of its six-year-old PlayStation 3 gaming console. According to Ars Technica and a number of other publications, Sony unveiled the new hardware -- being referred to as a "Super Slim" edition -- during an event in...

Nintendo (NTDOY) announced this morning that it will sell its upcoming game console, Wii U, for roughly $337 (26,250 yen) when it is released in Japan on December 8. According to IGN, the company will also sell a premium edition for $405 (31,500 yen). The standard version comes with a white...