console game
noun
plural console games
: a video game designed to be played on a console (see console entry 1 sense 5) rather than a personal computer or mobile device
How does a silky smooth PC game become a stuttering mess of a console game?—
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Splitting the baby The price of a Game Pass subscription has risen steadily since the service launched as a $10 per month collection of about 100 console games in early 2017, including a whopping 50 percent price increase for Game Pass Ultimate last October.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2026
Two-dimensional avatars can also be found in classic console games such as Super Mario Bros., in which the user controls the protagonist character.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Apr. 2026
Microsoft also signed a deal with chipmaker AMD to create an Xbox-Windows hybrid console that will play Xbox console games and also full-PC games from the open Windows marketplace.
—J. Kyle Foster, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Following on from that, there was more stuff on sale in the museum shop, such as giant cushions of various Nintendo console game pads.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2026
Two-dimensional avatars can also be found in classic console games such as Super Mario Bros., in which the user controls the protagonist character.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Apr. 2026
Microsoft also signed a deal with chipmaker AMD to create an Xbox-Windows hybrid console that will play Xbox console games and also full-PC games from the open Windows marketplace.
—J. Kyle Foster, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Following on from that, there was more stuff on sale in the museum shop, such as giant cushions of various Nintendo console game pads.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Console game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/console%20game. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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