It is perhaps sad books that best console us when we are sad.

While Nintendo has experienced market share declines in the console and handheld industries, their moves are very important for third party publishers.

Nature has made us frivolous to console us for our miseries

(The PC) is definitely suffering, ... You've got to realize that the performance difference between a high-end PC and a console has really narrowed ... The sweet spot of the markets, in terms of price performance, has shifted.

We've repeatedly said that Microsoft's console won't be truly successful if it's not a hit in Japan. My job is to make that happen.

This comes about every time a new console comes out. It's real easy to say 'look at all of this cool console stuff and PC is dead.' And now, with all the new releases, it just spreads it out.

He tried to console her, and it wasn't going his way.

I am extremely pleased with our performance this past quarter and our strong market position at this early stage of the console cycle.

I think the Xbox 360 is a big deal. It's the first console to come out in this new generation of games. This system has more power than most of the highest PCs that are out there now. In terms of power, it's a beast.

Microsoft is the only console maker so far to launch a paid subscription service.