A US retailer GameStop has issued a declaration that those who grew up with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are officially dusty artefacts, whether they like to admit it or not. It’s always an ...

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Time comes for us all — even video game systems that were once on the cutting edge. GameStop officially declared the Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii U as "retro consoles" on Monday. "The ...

The video game and electronics retailer made the declaration on social media — and console owners have had a strong reaction to it. GameStop declared Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U as officially "retro" ...

Having only just come out in 2025, the Nintendo Switch 2 is still in its early years, and it feels surreal that the Nintendo Wii U came out over a decade ago. The Wii U is Nintendo's shortest-lived ...

Reece Reilly, AKA Kiwi Talkz, has brought up an unexpected piece of video game history, involving Grand Theft Auto V and the Wii U. He said this on Twitter the other day: NateTheHate saying Rockstar ...

While the Switch 2 shows that Nintendo learned its lesson with the Wii U, the Wii U itself was a failure. 13.56 million Wii U units were sold throughout the console's lifetime. While that sounds like ...

The Nintendo Wii U emulator Cemu just got a new experimental update for Android. Based on our testing, it runs many games at full speed, but only on powerful devices. This is the first official alpha ...

Facepalm: When Nintendo released the Wii U in 2012, gamers weren't exactly lining up to purchase the new console. Now, after 12 years, the device is exhibiting signs of hardware unreliability that ...

The Nintendo Switch has just gotten a new update that adds a lot of nifty new features, but there also seems to be something that Nintendo didn’t include in the patch notes. Twitter user Master ...

It appears as if the Nintendo Wii U is a hardware failure waiting to happen, which is less than ideal now that Nintendo no longer repairs the console for customers. According to information posted on ...

Playing Wii and Wii U games on the Steam Deck is an exciting way to experience classic Nintendo titles on a modern, portable device. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up and ...