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"Gamers should never be forced to purchase the same game twice or pay for upgrades"
Read More »Xbox One Cyberpunk 2077 players will be able to upgrade to the Xbox Series X version for free
Early confirmation of next-gen consoles has impacted current-gen hardware sales
New report says US hardware sales are declining "sharper than expected"
Read More »Xbox’s next-gen system will have backwards compatibility from ‘day one’
"We wanted to make sure we had that, day one, we could deliver on the compatibility promise"
Read More »Microsoft simplifies brand of next generation of home consoles to just “Xbox”
The new console's generation starts with the Xbox Series X
Read More »Sony to target ‘hardcore’ players for its next-gen system
"Details have become more important than ever"
Read More »Rockstar Games is recruiting for ‘next-generation’ projects
"Create next-generation worlds for some exciting upcoming projects"
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One are up 40% on previous gen sales
Remember when everyone was saying that consoles were dying and no-now would be the next-generation machines? They were wrong. NPD has revealed that combined sales of the PS4 and Xbox One some 23 months into their lives are 40 per cent higher than the totals achieved by their predecessors the …
Read More »GameStop bundles PS4 and Elder Scrolls Online for £279.97
Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s official Xbox One price drop, one retailer has cut the price of PS4 to well below 299. GameStop is currently advertising a bundle including a 500GB PS4 console and The Elder Scrolls Online for just 279.97. That’s more or less the same as the …
Read More »EA estimates 22m PS4 and Xbox One sales in 2015
EA anticipates 22m Xbox One and PS4 consoles will be sold during 2015. To date, thePS4 has sold 22.3m unitsworldwide, with2m of those sales in the UK. As of November 2014, Microsoft announced it had shipped 10m Xbox One consoles globally. According to EA, 27 million new-gen consoles had been …
Read More »Wired: The PS4 may be more powerful, but Xbox One is stronger
Sony’s PS4 may be regarded as having more technical power than Xbox One, but it looks like Microsoft’s machine wins when it comes to raw strength. As in, physical strength. Wired’s Battle Damage series recently tested both consoles for durability and it was the Xbox One that emerged as the …
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