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Kenji Watanabe

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Kenji Watanabe finishes the games he reviews, which is rarer than it should be. He scores console games on retail hardware, reviews comics and animated series watched complete, tests devices over long stretches, reports the org contracts and prize money behind esports, and interviews founders about the decisions they would now change.

Articles by Kenji Watanabe

Physical Software Hit an All-Time July Low of $85 Million, Per Circana

Physical Software Hit an All-Time July Low of $85 Million, Per Circana

Kenji Watanabe

Nine Dashboard Features on PS5 and Switch 2 That Save Real Time

Nine Dashboard Features on PS5 and Switch 2 That Save Real Time

Kenji Watanabe

June's Nintendo Direct Rebuilt Ocarina of Time for Switch 2

June's Nintendo Direct Rebuilt Ocarina of Time for Switch 2

Kenji Watanabe

Xbox Series S Storage Expansion: What Fits Where, and What to Buy

Xbox Series S Storage Expansion: What Fits Where, and What to Buy

Kenji Watanabe

Steam Machine Is Here: Valve's Living-Room PC Launched June 25

Steam Machine Is Here: Valve's Living-Room PC Launched June 25

Kenji Watanabe

GameShare and Local Multiplayer on Switch 2: How One Game Becomes Four

GameShare and Local Multiplayer on Switch 2: How One Game Becomes Four

Kenji Watanabe

Summer Game Fest 2026 Opens Friday: What June 5 Has to Beat

Summer Game Fest 2026 Opens Friday: What June 5 Has to Beat

Kenji Watanabe

PS5 TV Settings That Matter: Getting 120 Hz, VRR and Low Latency Right

PS5 TV Settings That Matter: Getting 120 Hz, VRR and Low Latency Right

Kenji Watanabe

Nintendo Shipped 19.86 Million Switch 2 Consoles in Its Launch Year

Nintendo Shipped 19.86 Million Switch 2 Consoles in Its Launch Year

Kenji Watanabe

Switch 2 vs Steam Deck vs ROG Ally: Which Handheld Actually Fits Your Library?

Switch 2 vs Steam Deck vs ROG Ally: Which Handheld Actually Fits Your Library?

Kenji Watanabe

US Game Spending Jumped 12% in March as Hardware Sales Surged 69%

US Game Spending Jumped 12% in March as Hardware Sales Surged 69%

Kenji Watanabe

microSD Express for Nintendo Switch 2: What Works, What Fails, What to Buy

microSD Express for Nintendo Switch 2: What Works, What Fails, What to Buy

Kenji Watanabe

Savvy Games Group's $6 Billion Moonton Deal Reshapes Mobile Gaming

Savvy Games Group's $6 Billion Moonton Deal Reshapes Mobile Gaming

Kenji Watanabe

Backwards Compatibility in 2026: What Your Old Discs Actually Do on PS5 and Xbox

Backwards Compatibility in 2026: What Your Old Discs Actually Do on PS5 and Xbox

Kenji Watanabe

God of War Trilogy Remake Headed Sony's 60-Minute February State of Play

God of War Trilogy Remake Headed Sony's 60-Minute February State of Play

Kenji Watanabe

Xbox Series X and Game Pass in 2026: The Subscription Math, Recalculated

Xbox Series X and Game Pass in 2026: The Subscription Math, Recalculated

Kenji Watanabe

February's Nintendo Direct Gave Switch 2 Its First Big 2026 Date

February's Nintendo Direct Gave Switch 2 Its First Big 2026 Date

Kenji Watanabe

PS5 Pro Game Boost, Explained: What Actually Changes in Your Games

PS5 Pro Game Boost, Explained: What Actually Changes in Your Games

Kenji Watanabe

Switch 2 Closed 2025 as America's Best-Selling Console, Circana Confirms

Switch 2 Closed 2025 as America's Best-Selling Console, Circana Confirms

Kenji Watanabe

Nintendo Switch 2 Setup Guide: 9 Things to Do Before You Load a Single Game

Nintendo Switch 2 Setup Guide: 9 Things to Do Before You Load a Single Game

Kenji Watanabe