AI-Guided Drones Transform Ukraine’s Battlefield Strategy 
Samsung Launches Galaxy Z TriFold to Elevate Its Position in the Foldable Smartphone Market 
Coupang Apologizes After Massive Data Breach Affecting 33.7 Million Users 
Hikvision Challenges FCC Rule Tightening Restrictions on Chinese Telecom Equipment 
Anthropic Reportedly Taps Wilson Sonsini as It Prepares for a Potential 2026 IPO 
EU Prepares Antitrust Probe Into Meta’s AI Integration on WhatsApp 
Taiwan Opposition Criticizes Plan to Block Chinese App Rednote Over Security Concerns 
Trump Administration to Secure Equity Stake in Pat Gelsinger’s XLight Startup 
Baidu Cuts Jobs as AI Competition and Ad Revenue Slump Intensify 
Wikipedia Pushes for AI Licensing Deals as Jimmy Wales Calls for Fair Compensation 
YouTube Agrees to Follow Australia’s New Under-16 Social Media Ban 
Morgan Stanley Boosts Nvidia and Broadcom Targets as AI Demand Surges 
Nexperia Urges China Division to Resume Chip Production as Supply Risks Mount 
Norway’s Wealth Fund Backs Shareholder Push for Microsoft Human-Rights Risk Report 
Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman 
Australia Moves Forward With Teen Social Media Ban as Platforms Begin Lockouts 
Firelight Launches as First XRP Staking Platform on Flare, Introduces DeFi Cover Feature 
Video game consoles like the “Playstation” and “Xbox” are typically good for about 5 years on average before companies like “Sony,” “Microsoft” and “Nintendo” introduce the next generation of those consoles. At that point, video game players decide to switch to the better, more powerful systems for $400 to $600. However, according to a recent article by Mashable, gamers could be looking at a similar arrangement with mobile phone carriers where they could just upgrade consoles instead of buying entirely new ones.
There was a lot of buzz several months ago about a statement that “Xbox” head Phil Spencer said regarding the future of the console. Supposedly, it could follow a similar path to what PCs are treading right now, allowing for hardware upgrades of specific parts like the graphics card or the memory, instead of buying an entirely new “Xbox”.
This pronouncement highlighted the question of what the next generations of home video game hardware will look like as a whole, and not just the “Xbox”. As the Mashable article points out, there are details bleeding out regarding the details of the upgraded versions of “Xbox One” and “PS4” as well as future console generations that new replacements will stop being the norm. Instead, upgraded versions of the existing console will be an offer which can still play the game released for the original machine.
This is the same trend that applies to mobile devices where they are basically the same items, but with upgraded features. They can still play the same apps, do the same tasks, and offer the same features as previous generations, only with much better performance. The Mashable article speculates that “Microsoft” and “Sony” might just switch to this type of business practice.
The article also posits the possibility of upgrading to the new console via a planned payment route where instead of paying the full $600 on a new “Xbox,” players can just pay monthly fees until they decide to switch to the next one.
