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What is the point of Xbox? (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Most of Nintendo's pre-Switch "consoles" arguably had poor performance-to-price ratios in terms of hardware.

Also, a PC doesn't have the constraints of a mobile form factor and better cooling and can have better performance without the built in battery and screen. You just argued to me that a PC can be a console.

This all seems arbitrary to argue the differences.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

if those nintendos had to build in a screen or battery they’d have even worse performance for the price.

yes, PC has some commonalities with consoles, but there are other aspects that make a PC a PC rather than a console.

This is not an arbitrary discussion, it’s a semantic discussion. these terms have non-arbitrary meanings.