If nothing else, when it comes to gaming, 2025 will be remembered as the year the three-decade console wars effectively ended – with PlayStation emerging as the definitive, and quantifiably dominant, ...

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Chris Littlechild (He/Him) is an Editor and Writer Trainer from the United Kingdom. He has been gaming since receiving an original Game Boy and copies of Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: Six ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Video games are big business, so plenty of companies want to jump on board as console makers.