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When looking back across the annals of gaming history, some consoles are beloved (Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)), panned (Google Stadia) or woefully ahead of their time (the we-almost-had-it-all Sega Dreamcast). And then there are those systems that are frankly just weird and polarizing, like the Nintendo GameCube. Laden with the dubious honor of being Nintendo’s…

Many games are lost to history when delisted from online storefronts like Microsoft’s Xbox Store and the PlayStation Store. The new Xbox Disc-to-Digital feature, however, may offer a workaround for some scenarios where you have a physical disc.

Sony caused a stir among gamers in July when it announced the phase-out of physical PlayStation game discs starting in 2028. In California, a group of gamers sued the company over its practice of selling digital games on its storefront. However, this isn’t the landmark case some are hoping for that would bring back physical…

There are many ways to detect stress in an individual. You can use self-reporting checklists, you could try and measure various vital signs like respiratory rate and pulse and infer things, or you could observe the levels of hormones like cortisol in the blood.

In a recent video [Sqwerks] does a deep-dive into the problem of disintegrating plastic enclosures of Nintendo DS consoles. These original NDS handheld consoles have a metallic-like coating that appears to interact with the ABS plastic, causing yellowing as well as extreme brittleness and correspondingly broken hinges. Unsurprisingly, this causes the shell to essentially disintegrate…

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To compete with ad-supported streamers like Pluto and Tubi, Sony has launched its own live TV service, built into its PS5 consoles. Unlike its rivals, Sony’s Live TV with PS5 service is now immediately accessible through the media menu across all devices in the US.

Sony Pictures Television Aug. 31 announced the launch of “Live TV on PS5,” a free ad-supported platform, along with Fubo Sports Network, the owned-and-operated FAST channel from Fubo, as a launch partner.

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As PlayStation players prepare for an all-digital future after January 2028, Sony is making no apologies to anyone confused about what that means for game ownership (or lack of it). In fact, the company has told a Californian court that no “reasonable” consumer would be silly enough to think that purchasing a game digitally means…