30. Beige Read… 9/27/13 6:00pm 9/27/13 6:00pm

Toy retail giant Toys'R'Us has released its annual list of the hottest products for the holiday season, and while both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 made the cut this year, only Microsoft's console made it into the "Fabulous 15." Why? Read… 9/19/13 11:30am 9/19/13 11:30am

The 3DO and the Neo Geo are still the most expensive consoles ever—including when adjusted for inflation, but you'd be surprised how ridiculous the Intellivision's price looks now in this chart prepared by Ars Technica. The feature also examines price drops over all consoles' lifespans. Discuss… 6/30/13 1:00pm 6/30/13 1:00pm

One Redditor writes an interesting—and funny—post about what it's like to develop for consoles. Discuss… 2/14/13 7:00pm 2/14/13 7:00pm

Have consoles reached their peak? Can they really not please us anymore? What about the Ouya? Read… 8/03/12 1:30pm 8/03/12 1:30pm

Ultimately we want to own all of the game consoles, but how many do we keep hooked up at one time? Commenter Rumbrave_Remy wants to know in today's installment of Speak Up on Kotaku. Read… 7/19/12 5:30pm 7/19/12 5:30pm

For today's edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, we continue the discussion of future consoles with commenter Leaufai, who advises Microsoft to embrace their PC roots and give us a console that truly takes console gaming to the next level. Read… 7/12/12 5:30pm 7/12/12 5:30pm

In today's slightly late (sorry!) edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Gusi A. Rincon puts forth the argument for a unified console. Forget the console wars! If the big console makers would all just declare peace, everyone would benefit. Read… 7/11/12 7:20pm 7/11/12 7:20pm

While Konami's budget-priced remake of the failed X-Blades, was widely considered to be horrible idea by everyone forever, Kotaku commenter Tales of a Prinny thinks it's the vengeful warrior's / adventuring archaeologists'' knees. Just goes to show there's an audience for everything. Read… 6/18/12 5:30pm 6/18/12 5:30pm

Following a disappointing console showing at E3 2012, commenter DocSeuss believes now is the best time to throw off our proprietary shackles and make the PC plunge. Who's with him? Read… 6/15/12 5:30pm 6/15/12 5:30pm

This image has been circulating everywhere on the Internet today, and for good reason: it's friggin' fantastic. With a setup like this, who needs real life? Read… 5/16/12 1:45pm 5/16/12 1:45pm

Thanks, everyone, for pointing out that Diablo III has been confirmed to be in development for consoles via a Twtter post by Blizzard community manager Bashiok, even though we already knew that. Read… 1/10/12 3:30pm 1/10/12 3:30pm

Today in Speak Up on Kotaku we're going to put all of the arguing and hate behind us in favor of a good old-fashioned sing along, courtesy of commenter JesusChrist, one of the few people qualified to rewrite a John Lennon song. Read… 8/12/11 11:20am 8/12/11 11:20am

Commenter Shin Lord was so certain his post about video games and consoles we regret trading, selling, or losing would make it into Speak Up on Kotaku he made his own image. Cocky bastard, isn't he? Read… 5/26/11 11:20am 5/26/11 11:20am

It's happened to everyone at one point or another. You're playing your favorite FPS and minding your own business when your character finally succumbs to that pesky stream of bullets that's been bouncing off his face for the past two minutes. "Aw man," you say aloud while a big, ominous Game Over screen stares you down.… Read… 4/01/11 5:00pm 4/01/11 5:00pm

Have video game consoles earned their spot in the family room, or are we still tucking them away out-of-sight? The measurement and information experts at Nielsen release the results of a study that shows what's being played where in U.S. households. Read… 3/24/11 3:20pm 3/24/11 3:20pm

In order to determine which video game console you should play, you must ask yourself a few questions. Are you a gamer? Do you prefer first-person shooters? Racist or non-racist? Dorkly's handy flowchart insults and informs. Read… 1/12/11 5:20pm 1/12/11 5:20pm

Game consoles! We used to just play games on them, but in this 21st century of the future, it seems plenty of you are now watching movies and TV shows on them as well. Read… 10/22/10 5:30am 10/22/10 5:30am

With a relatively successful, albeit questionably marketed version of the original StarCraft released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000, how would StarCraft II fare on today's consoles? Read… 7/27/10 5:30pm 7/27/10 5:30pm

Research data published this week has revealed the games, consoles, publishers and genres with the best resale values for 2009. Read… 1/29/10 4:30am 1/29/10 4:30am

During Activision Blizzard's conference call annoucning its second quarter results today, the company shared its best guess for the North American and European console market circa 12/31/09. Read… 8/05/09 5:00pm 8/05/09 5:00pm

A study conducted by market research firm In-Stat indicates that video game consoles are the preeminent device for delivering web video to televisions in the U.S., generating $2.9 billion in revenue by 2013. Read… 6/15/09 10:40am 6/15/09 10:40am