A game cartridge works by giving the console direct access to a memory chip that permanently stores the game. Rather…
July 19, 2026
No, Microsoft is not discontinuing Xbox consoles. A wave of exit rumors hit in October 2025, and Microsoft answered on…
July 13, 2026
Nintendo has sold 19.86 million Switch 2 units since the console's June 5, 2025 launch, according to Nintendo's own fiscal…
July 10, 2026
Sony has confirmed that PS6 development is underway and that it is working with AMD on next-generation graphics technology under…
July 6, 2026
Games switched from cartridges to discs in the mid-1990s because optical discs held more than a hundred times the data…
June 18, 2026
Many classic cartridges save progress in volatile SRAM that forgets its contents the moment it loses power, so they include…
June 13, 2026
The Xbox 360 went through eight distinct motherboard revisions across its 2005-2016 production run, known internally by codenames: Xenon, Zephyr,…
June 8, 2026
A handheld game console is a self-contained portable gaming device with a built-in screen, controls, and battery, designed to be…
May 26, 2026
Every PS4 carries a model number starting with CUH-, and the first digit after that tells you the family: CUH-10xx/11xx/12xx…
May 14, 2026
The phrase "retro handheld" now covers two very different things: the original portable consoles that defined classic gaming, and a…
May 13, 2026