playstation

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Retro

Why the 19-Year-Old PS3 Still Gets Surprise Updates

A console old enough to vote keeps downloading firmware — and fans are baffled. The charming real reason (it's about Blu-ray), and what the PS3's stubborn longevity says about hardware that lasts.

Aliteq Team · Sep 22 · 6 min

Gaming

PS5 just outsold Switch 2 worldwide — and it comes down to one region

VGChartz's July 2026 estimates hand PlayStation a rare global win over Switch 2, but Nintendo is still winning the region that matters most to it.

Aliteq Team · Aug 27 · 6 min

Gaming

Riot just gave up on 2XKO — 11 months after launch, and everyone's getting refunded

The fighting game launched in January to real critical love. Riot says it still isn't making enough money to justify building it.

Aliteq Team · Aug 23 · 6 min

Hardware

sony's answer to bad headset mics is a $220 speaker that sits on your desk instead

The Pulse Elevate ditches the headset entirely — planar magnetic drivers, PS5 spatial audio, and a built-in mic, out November 12 for $219.99.

Aliteq Team · Aug 22 · 6 min

Gaming

xbox just posted its worst physical sales number ever — barely 4 out of every 100 discs sold in the us this year

Circana's 2026 numbers put Xbox at just over 4% of new physical game sales in the US, miles behind Nintendo's 63% and PlayStation's 32%.

Aliteq Team · Aug 22 · 6 min

Gaming

a new survey just measured how far Xbox has fallen — and the number is brutal

85% of US console gamers regularly play PlayStation. 76% play Nintendo. Xbox trails both at 58% — and its own new CEO just called the division 'unhealthy.'

Aliteq Team · Aug 13 · 6 min

Gaming

PS Plus just added four genuinely great games in one month — here's what to play first

Helldivers 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Vampire Survivors and Hell Is Us all join PlayStation Plus in August, and for once the free additions don't feel like filler.

Aliteq Team · Aug 13 · 5 min

Gaming

Xbox is quietly becoming a publisher that happens to sell a console. I don't think that's the mistake everyone says it is

3,200 jobs cut, four studios let go, Halo shipping on PlayStation, and a 2027 super-console still being funded. everyone's reading that as collapse. I've been staring at it for a week and I think it's a deliberate — and defensible — bet.

Aliteq Team · Jul 20 · 9 min

Gaming

God of War's next game doesn't star Kratos. it stars the wife he buried

Santa Monica Studio revealed God of War Laufey — the first mainline entry not led by Kratos. you play Faye, who until now existed almost entirely as a plot device, waking up after her own funeral.

Aliteq Team · Jul 20 · 5 min