It might have been a shorter week with the Labor Day holiday on Monday, but this was a big week for big news, with huge stories from Sony, Apple, and Nintendo.
THE BIG STUFF:
Sony put rumors to rest on Wednesday during its PlayStation Meeting when it officially confirmed not only the PlayStation 4 Slim, but a brand-new console called PlayStation 4 Pro. The Slim model comes out next week, priced at $300, while the Pro version lands in November for $400. Read all our coverage here.Sony's briefing wasn't the only big one on Wednesday, as Apple held its latest announcement event to reveal the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. And the rumors were right: no more headphone jacks. The phone announcement is obviously a big deal, but Nintendo's own Shigeru Miyamoto appeared on stage to announce Super Mario Run, an auto-runner-style game coming out in December for iOS devices.
Also during the briefing, Apple announced that Pokemon Go reached a staggering 500 million downloads and that a version of the game will be available for the Apple Watch.
In other news, some NPD numbers for August 2016 came in this week, with Microsoft announcing that the Xbox One was the top-selling console in the US for the second month in a row. August was the debut month for the slimmed-down Xbox One S, the release of which may have helped sales improve.