Microsoft’s Xbox console sales are getting squeezed, and the company is signaling it may not care in the way fans expect. CNBC points to Microsoft’s fiscal 2026 first-quarter earnings, where overall ...

Xbox has been losing the gaming console war for years, as declining hardware sales struggle to compete against the Nintendo Switch and Sony's PlayStation. The past year has seen layoffs, price hikes ...

This morning, we learned that November was a surprisingly bad month for video game spending across the board. Hardware dollar sales and physical software unit sales were both at the lowest we've seen ...

The big picture: The holidays are often considered the peak season for the video game industry, as consoles and games are frequently purchased as gifts. This year, however, has been less kind: both ...

US spending on video game consoles fell 27% last month, marking the worst November in two decades as tariffs and rising component costs pushed prices to record highs. American consumers spent $695 ...

You can also save on Play Pass, the add-on subscription that adds a bunch of extra games, much like Xbox Game Pass. You can also save on Play Pass, the add-on subscription that adds a bunch of extra ...

The PlayStation 5 dominated Black Friday sales in the US, according to new data shared by Circana, which tracks gaming sales in the US. Circana's Mat Piscatella said Sony's console made up 47% of ...

Google Search Console will be gaining social channel data in the Insights report tab. This is a new “experiment” that “unified view of their Google Search performance across their websites and social ...

Search Console Insights now includes performance data for social channels Google has automatically linked to your website. The feature shows clicks, impressions, top queries, and trending content for ...

You can type what data you want to see on a report and Google will instantly create it for you. Google added a new experimental “AI-powered configuration” to the Search Console Performance report. You ...

AI-powered configuration turns natural language requests into filters, comparisons, and metric selections in the Search results Performance report. The feature is limited to Search results data and ...