Technology | The Guardian US3d ago
Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/apr/01/pushing-buttons-cost-of-gaming-artificial-intelligence-ai #Games #Culture #Sony #Playstation #Playstation5 #GamesConsoles #AiArtificialIntelligence #Computing #Technology #Chatgpt
Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI

We are paying more for a PlayStation so that idiots can use ChatGPT to mislead people on dating apps – something is rotten in the state of gaming

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Culture | The Guardian USNov 18
Master System at 40: the truth about Sega’s most underrated console https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/nov/18/sega-master-system-nintendo-entertainment-system #Gamesconsoles #Retrogames #Nintendo #Culture #Games #Sega
Master System at 40: the truth about Sega’s most underrated console

Forty years ago, the Nintendo Entertainment System dominated the markets in Japan and the US. But in Europe, a technologically superior rival was making it look like an ancient relic

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Culture | The Guardian USOct 18
Happy birthday to the NES, companion to millions of Nintendo childhoods https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/18/happy-birthday-to-the-nes-nintendo-entertainment-system-40 #Gamesconsoles #SuperMario #Retrogames #Nintendo #Culture #Games
Happy birthday to the NES, companion to millions of Nintendo childhoods

Forty years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the US – and a generation of kids were sucked into video games for life

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Technology | The Guardian USJun 4, 2025
Nintendo’s Switch 2 is the upgrade of my dreams – but it’s not as ‘new’ as some might hope https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/jun/03/nintendo-switch-2-release-mario-kart-world #NintendoSwitch #Gamesconsoles #MarioKart #Nintendo #Culture #Games
Nintendo’s Switch 2 is the upgrade of my dreams – but it’s not as ‘new’ as some might hope

The long-trailed console offers sturdier hardware, improved graphics and seamless online functionality. ​But it’s more of an update than a revolution

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Technology | The Guardian USApr 2, 2025
Nintendo reveals Switch 2 console due to launch on 5 June https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/apr/02/nintendo-reveals-switch-2-console-due-to-launch-on-5-june #NintendoSwitch #Gamesconsoles #Worldnews #Nintendo #Culture #Games
Nintendo reveals Switch 2 console due to launch on 5 June

New console features larger screen, double the pixels and magnetically attached controllers

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Technology | The Guardian USJan 16, 2025
Nintendo announces its next console, the Switch 2 https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/jan/16/nintendo-announces-its-next-console-the-switch-2 #NintendoSwitch #Gamesconsoles #Technology #MarioKart #Worldnews #Nintendo #Handheld #Culture #Games
Nintendo announces its next console, the Switch 2

A larger screen, redesigned snap-off controllers and a new Mario Kart make an appearance in a reveal trailer

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Culture | The Guardian USJan 16, 2025
Nintendo announces its next console, the Switch 2 https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/jan/16/nintendo-announces-its-next-console-the-switch-2 #NintendoSwitch #Gamesconsoles #Technology #MarioKart #Worldnews #Nintendo #Handheld #Culture #Games
Nintendo announces its next console, the Switch 2

A larger screen, redesigned snap-off controllers and a new Mario Kart make an appearance in a reveal trailer

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Technology | The Guardian USDec 3, 2024
PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/dec/03/playstation-at-30-the-console-that-made-video-games-cool #Adventuregames #Gamesconsoles #PlayStation #Gameculture #Actiongames #Technology #Culture #Games #Sony
PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool

Launched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo – but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own

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Culture | The Guardian USDec 3, 2024
PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/dec/03/playstation-at-30-the-console-that-made-video-games-cool #Adventuregames #Gamesconsoles #PlayStation #Gameculture #Actiongames #Technology #Culture #Games #Sony
PlayStation at 30: the console that made video games cool

Launched in Japan in December 1994, the record-breaking PlayStation started out as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo – but ended up ushering video games into a new era all on its own

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Culture | The Guardian USOct 2, 2024
Former Nintendo factory in Kyoto opens as nostalgia-fuelled gaming museum https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/oct/02/former-nintendo-factory-in-kyoto-opens-as-nostalgia-fuelled-gaming-museum #NintendoSwitch #Gamesconsoles #AsiaPacific #SuperMario #Nintendo #Museums #Culture #Games #Japan
Former Nintendo factory in Kyoto opens as nostalgia-fuelled gaming museum

Museum features consoles from 1983’s Famicom to 2017’s Switch, as well as honouring Nintendo’s pre-video-game era

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