With the Xbox One dropping in China in September and the PlayStation 4 dropping some time later, Chinese news portal NetEase took the chance to survey netizens on their preferences. Turns out, Chinese users are more interested in the PS4. » 7/14/14 5:40am 7/14/14 5:40am

Nothing like listening to a couple of original gamers reminisce and talk shop. Andrew House and Mark Cerny, two key players who helped bring the PS4 into existence with their respective expertise, sat down for a chat about all things PlayStation recently at the industry-focused Develop conference. » 7/11/14 5:30pm 7/11/14 5:30pm

The Xbox One is coming to China! In September to be exact. The biggest question now is how much the Xbox One will cost once it launches in the Middle Kingdom, and Chinese media is suggesting that the price will be... EXTREME! » 6/30/14 5:00am 6/30/14 5:00am

China and video games have a long and ridiculous history, but in the age of the internet, it's a story that's yet to be completely put together. And so, here at Kotaku, we will try to make sense of the history of consoles in China. Stay awhile, and read? » 2/05/14 6:00am 2/05/14 6:00am

Earlier this week, China's State Council sneakily released a document about regulations in the nifty Shanghai Free Trade Zone. Due to this release, media outlets have been calling China's archaic 13-year ban on video games consoles to be over. I'm here to rain on everyone's parade. » 1/08/14 8:00am 1/08/14 8:00am

So you pulled out the big guns and you got your son (age 27 or otherwise) a console. You're justifiably excited about the Christmas morning surprise, but there's one thing you must absolutely remember to take care of before you wrap that gadget gift: Day one updates. Trust us. » 12/20/13 2:46pm 12/20/13 2:46pm

Let's say you have a pet and just got a new Xbox One. And let's say you wanted to celebrate both of them in picture form. What do you do? » 11/22/13 8:00pm 11/22/13 8:00pm

The PS4 has landed and it's great—but what lurks beneath its slick, slanted frame? Fortunately that's not something you need to keep wondering, because iFixit has gone and torn the console down so we can all see the guts within. » 11/15/13 6:51am 11/15/13 6:51am

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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? » 9/19/13 11:30am 9/19/13 11:30am

As the dust settled over the new Xbox One this summer, one point that kept coming up—maybe predictably—was size: The console is surprisingly chunky. Just chunky enough to make you wonder whether its wide berth isn’t a hint at what Microsoft's engineers were hiding in there—and what it could reveal about their… » 8/13/13 11:41am 8/13/13 11:41am

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. » 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. » 2/14/13 7:00pm 2/14/13 7:00pm

There has been a lot of news coming from the Tokyo Game Show this year. We've heard about Metal Gear and Phoenix Wright and a host of other games for and from Sony and Nintendo, as we have come to expect. » 9/21/12 9:40pm 9/21/12 9:40pm

As we learned this morning, the Wii U will launch on November 18, 2012—almost six years, to the day, after the Wii launched—and it will come in two versions, costing $299.99 and $349.99. » 9/13/12 4:00pm 9/13/12 4:00pm

1999 seemed like a much more exciting time for console news, at least according to the comedians at Mega64. Wireless controllers, backwards compatibility...these were once fascinating new features.

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