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gaming
2 dispatches on gaming.
Nintendo Built Two Versions of the Same Console — Brussels Made Them Do It
Nintendo's EU-only Switch 2 revision with a user-replaceable battery is a genuine right-to-repair win — and a case study in what regulatory fragmentation actually costs consumers.
Sony Picked a Fight With Open-World Design, and Wolverine Is the First Punch
Sony's decision to keep all future narrative single-player games PS5-exclusive—announced in an internal town hall in May 2026—lands alongside Marvel's Wolverine, a deliberately linear, globe-hopping game that Insomniac built as the exact opposite of open-world bloat. The convergence is not a coincidence.