Nintendo Switch 2 reached 23.68 million hardware units and 58.17 million software units sold worldwide as of June 30, 2026. The console has also passed the GameCube, which ended its lifetime at 21.74 million units.
We last covered Nintendo’s sales data in May , when Switch 2 stood at 19.86 million consoles and 48.71 million games through March
As spotted by Compusemble, NVIDIA has added Windows 11 ARM64 support to its RTX Neural Texture Compression SDK. NVIDIA names RTX Spark as an example platform in the updated build guide, linking the change to its upcoming Windows on ARM hardware.
RTX Neural Texture Compression uses a small neural network to compress and reconstruct groups of material textures. The SDK can combine up to 16 channels, including albedo, normal, roughness, metalness and ambient occlusion,
© NVIDIA NVIDIA has found a ‘generous’ new way to attract visitors to its QuakeCon booth. The company will allow attendees to purchase GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Founders Edition graphics cards at their official MSRP, while supplies last.
The company calls this “Verified Priority Access IRL.” Everyone else may know it as visiting a physical event for the rare opportunity to purchase a
PS5 packaging now explains the disc cutoff.
New PlayStation 5 retail boxes are appearing with a large notice explaining that newly released PlayStation games will no longer be sold on disc from January 2028. The warning is printed in several languages and appears on packaging for the 1TB disc-based console.
The text states that new games will remain available through the PlayStation Store and from retailers in digital format. Discs for games released
Microsoft has removed another Windows Learning Center article that recommended 32GB of system memory for gaming. The guide, titled “How to optimize your gaming PC setup,” now redirects visitors to the main Learning Center page.
The deleted article was published in November 2025. It reportedly described 16GB as sufficient for most players, while 32GB was considered ideal for users running demanding games or heavy mods. The article also recommended Copilot
Windows accounts for 90% of systems running RPCS3, according to new data shared by the PlayStation 3 emulator project. Linux represents 6% of users, while macOS accounts for the remaining 4%.
RPCS3 says the figures are derived from requests sent to its update API when the emulator checks for a new build. The project does not collect telemetry or hardware specifications comparable to the Steam Hardware Survey. The developers also confirmed that historical information was not recorded before this month.
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© Huawei Huawei has confirmed pricing for the updated MateBook Pro, its 970-gram laptop powered by the company’s Kirin X90 Plus processor. The base configuration with 24GB of memory and a 512GB SSD costs 9,999 yuan, around $1,480 or €1,283.
Huawei will also offer a 24GB and 1TB model for 11,4
© NefariousnessWhole25 Steam Machine owners may eventually have more useful faceplate options than cosmetic panels. One modder has designed a replacement front cover that also serves as a charging station for the Steam Controller.
Redditor NefariousnessWhole25 said the concept was inspired by Valve’s e-ink faceplate demonstration. However, the display would not be readable from the user’s normal seating position, so the project moved in a different direction.
© Jack Huynh/AMD AMD will deliver the opening keynote at IFA 2026, according to Jack Huynh, the company’s head of Computing and Graphics. The presentation will take place on September 4 at 11:00 AM in Berlin.
The keynote is titled “The Era of Personal AI: The Future of Imagination.” AMD and IFA have not confirmed any product announcements, but the topic suggests that Ryzen AI systems, local
ASUS and Gigabyte have reportedly introduced new graphics card channel pricing in China for August. Board Channels claims both companies raised prices across nearly their full GeForce and Radeon lineups, with the average adjustment estimated at around 20% compared with July.
ASUS is said to have applied the larger increase at the top of the stack. Its GeForce RTX 5090D V2 channel price reportedly increased by 4,500