Speaking as someone with 30 years of experience shopping for used consoles, let's look at some things you need to know when buying them. The PlayStation 3 has some confusing hardware variations.

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User are already reporting receiving bricked consoles when buying used Nintendo Switch 2 units, and it's only going to get worse.

A bonus copy of Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) was found in a used Xbox 360 Elite console. The game sells for anywhere from $25 to $60 on eBay, so it's a great find. Prices of Xbox 360 games ...

Both the mid-generation PS4 Slim and Xbox One S used a 16 nm processor instead of the original consoles' 28 nm version, and each also had its price cut by $100 over its lifetime (comparing the ...

The cause was a faulty connection between the cartridge and the console's "Zero Insertion Force" 72-pin connector. It made it ...