The 2017 Ars Technica gadget gift guide: Gaming edition

Enlarge / “May you be as joyful as a Mario in boxer shorts and an oversized boxing glove hat” -Ancient proverb (credit: Nintendo)

It’s the holidays, which means it’s once again time to rack your brain in search of the right gifts for the right people. If someone on your list is into tech, though, we’ve got your back.

For this year’s edition of the Ars Technica holiday gift guide, we’re breaking down our recommendations into themes. The following crop of recommendations is centered on video games—from accessories to JRPGs, here are a few things we’d buy for the friend who can’t pull themselves away from their console or gaming rig.

Table of Contents

• Console gaming gift ideas
• Nintendo Switch
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Super Mario Odyssey
• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
• Persona 5
• Game controller gift ideas
• 8bitdo SNES30 Wireless Controller
• Logitech G29 and Logitech G920
• SteelSeries Nimbus
• Storage gift ideas
• WD My Book (8TB)
• Samsung EVO Select (128GB)
• PC gaming gift ideas
• Corsair K95 RGB Platinum
• Razer DeathAdder Elite
• SteelSeries Qck Mouse Pad
• Other gaming gift ideas
• Sennheiser Game One
• PDP Talon Remote Control (Xbox One) and PDP Media Remote (PS4)

Console gaming gift ideas

Nintendo Switch