After taking a look at the PS6 and Xbox Next (codenamed Project Helix) individually, we're going to compare them directly in this article. One thing is for sure: the next console generation is shaping up to be one of the most fascinating in years, and also one of the most unusual. Based on a mix of rumors and official information, Sony and Microsoft are building their new gaming platforms around fundamentally different philosophies. The PlayStation 6 is a traditional home console refined to its purest form: powerful, reasonably affordable, and built for the living room TV. Xbox Next is instead […]

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Microsoft hasn't held a proper consumer reveal for Project Helix yet, but between a flurry of leaks, an official GDC 2026 keynote by Jason Ronald (VP of Next Generation at Xbox), and AMD's own disclosures, we already know a surprising amount about the next Xbox console. What's already clear is that Project Helix isn't a straightforward generational upgrade to the Xbox Series S and X. It's a hybrid console-PC system capable of running both Xbox console games and PC titles from storefronts like Steam and GOG. With it, Microsoft hopes to reframe what a living room gaming box can be, […]

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As regular readers of gaming news know all too well, Wedbush Securities Strategic Advisor Michael Pachter is not one to mince words, always speaking his mind regardless. In 2018, he famously said loot boxes only existed because consumers were stupid. In 2022, he criticized Sony for vastly overpaying Bungie in the $3.6 billion acquisition, especially compared to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Take-Two's acquisition of Zynga. In the same year, he also prophesied that Xbox Game Pass active subscribers would blow up to 100 million when Activision Blizzard games were added, and literally doubled down on the prediction in […]

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