The Red Barrel Report

Exploring how video games and their makers sometimes go 'boom!'

Industry

  • Was Microsoft right all along?

    It’s … unthinkable, isn’t it? That maybe, instead of being the butt of all our jokes (told more in sorrow than in anger, but still …), Microsoft has been much, much smarter about the industry than we all thought? With Sony blowing out its hardware prices, maybe the best place for Xbox isn’t in your Continue reading

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  • Seriously, Sony, WTF?

    Yeah, we’re all shocked by the PS5 Pro’s price. Who wouldn’t be? But what’s more shocking is that the base model’s price has increased in Japan. Consoles should get cheaper as a generation ages, but not this time around. It’s logical to blame it on AI and its massive hunger for compute. That’s probably right, Continue reading

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