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What was the world's first commercially available home video game console?

console

[kuhn-sohl] / kษ™nหˆsoสŠl /


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The apparent goal is to draw players back to the brand, but critics have questioned whether that's realistic at a time when console prices are higher than ever.

From BBC โ— Oct. 7, 2026

Newbies will have to parse the gear thingy in the console, three controllers meant to evoke the gated shifters of yore.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Sep. 26, 2026

Von Hassel made national headlines in 2014 when he exposed a security flaw in his father’s Xbox gaming console at age 5.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Sep. 24, 2026

He did not indicate a release date, or say if the game would be exclusive to the Xbox console.

From Barron's โ— Sep. 10, 2026

“She’s away,” said Foaly, leaning back from the console.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

It's seen as a third-place competitor, behind both Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Switch consoles.

From BBC โ— Oct. 7, 2026

Creators will then be able to distribute their games as standalone apps on mobile, PC, and consoles; an offline mode is also planned.

From Barron's โ— Sep. 11, 2026

In an interview in July, Jeff Gattiss, Amazon's head of gaming, told the BBC he believed the rising cost of tech would mean people will turn to streaming games online rather than buying new consoles.

From BBC โ— Sep. 4, 2026

“Kids don’t know how to play old-school games because they’re on their consoles playing.”

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Aug. 28, 2026

Anna May and James grilled the clerk while I walked around the consoles, listening to a string of hits.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"The victim should be consoled at this time, not cursed," one of them read.

From BBC โ— Sep. 8, 2026

“It has been subject to increasingly aggressive change. When I was younger, it was sad for me to witness. I was consoled because Vlore was not the center, but then they started attacking here too.”

From Slate โ— Sep. 8, 2026

Lang appeared to be in agony and he was consoled by Liverpool's Alisson Becker and Virgil van Dijk as he was attended to by medical staff.

From BBC โ— Mar. 19, 2026

She bought lollipops and a teddy bear, and by 10 a.m. she had set up shop outside a campus dining hall where she consoled students Sunday morning with offers of “free mom hugs.”

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Dec. 14, 2025

He looked like one of those prophets of old, alw'ays in the midst of his people w'hen they needed to be consoled.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

Days after Kirk’s death, Marx posted photos of himself consoling Kirk’s widow, Erika; he announced he was considering a run for governor at a memorial service for Kirk.

From Slate โ— Jun. 29, 2026

Career coach Gina Riley has been impersonated several times and sometimes finds herself consoling people who falsely believed she contacted them with a golden opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Apr. 16, 2026

Viewers have been circulating clips of Wilson reaching for Batula’s hands in one scene and consoling her in the bathroom as she cried in another.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Apr. 3, 2026

"As far as I remember the defendant was upset and a lot of people were giving him hugs and consoling him."

From BBC โ— Mar. 4, 2026

She got to be so sincere in the deception that she ended up by consoling herself with her own lies.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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