Hacker News with Generative AI: Consoles

Why console makers can legally brick your game console (arstechnica.com)
Earlier this month, Nintendo received a lot of negative attention for an end-user license agreement (EULA) update granting the company the claimed right to render Switch consoles "permanently unusable in whole or in part" for violations such as suspected hacking or piracy.

Gaming, Legal, Consoles, EULA, Software

6 points by speckx 7 hours ago | 2 comments

Microsoft Announces Xbox Console Price Hike, Xbox Games to Cost $80 (kotaku.com)
Microsoft has announced it will be raising the prices of all Xbox consoles, accessories, and games, and the increases are huge.

Microsoft, Gaming, Business, Pricing, Consoles

19 points by Michelangelo11 22 days ago | 30 comments

It's Official, Switch 2 Joy-Con Will Not Feature Hall Effect Sticks (nintendolife.com)
One of the biggest issues that's plagued the Nintendo Switch since its launch in 2017 is stick drift. In fact, Nintendo faced several lawsuits as a result of the issue, with an ex-repair supervisor previously stating that the workload to fix drifting Joy-Con was "very stressful".

Gaming, Nintendo, Hardware, Consoles, Joy-Con

10 points by bpierre 46 days ago | 3 comments

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Super Cassette Vision (nicole.express)
The Epoch Cassette Vision was a moderate success. But in 1983, that all ended, when Nintendo and Sega released new consoles, which had more advanced hardware that allowed for better graphics and games stored on ROM. Epoch went from dominating the cartridge-based game market in Japan to a distant third practically overnight. But it’s not like they were unaware of the issue with the µPD777 they had tied themselves to.

Gaming, History, Japan, Retro Gaming, Consoles

127 points by zdw 180 days ago | 26 comments

Playstation 5 Pro (playstation.com)
Over the last four years since the launch of PS5, we’ve worked hard to continuously evolve the console experience and deliver the great games our players expect from us. Today, I’m incredibly proud to announce the next step in that evolution and welcome PlayStation 5 Pro to the PlayStation family – our most advanced and innovative console hardware to date.

Gaming, Sony, Playstation, Hardware, Consoles

85 points by jsheard 255 days ago | 181 comments

Physical console games are quickly becoming a relatively niche market (arstechnica.com)

Gaming, Trends, Market Analysis, Consoles

3 points by jolexxa 322 days ago | 1 comments

All three game console makers have now abandoned X integration (theverge.com)

Gaming, Technology, Consoles

127 points by thunderbong 346 days ago | 154 comments

Nathan Tolbert pushes the limitations of new games on old consoles (smilepolitely.com)

Gaming, Retro Gaming, Consoles

112 points by masterofsome 403 days ago | 28 comments