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Submissions should be vintage memes or commentary about vintage memes. Commenters are advised to appraise the internet value and provenance meme antiquities.
Rules:
If a brick stops working, can it really be used as a brick?
If an xbox stops working, can it really be used as an xbox?
False. When bricks stop working they cannot be used as bricks.
Can it kill someone?
Xbox: only virtually
Brick: easily
It seems you've never thrown an Xbox One at someone
I'm so glad Xbox One toned down some of the always online rubbish before it actually launched. It wasn't that bad, fortunately. I have to say Xbox One user experience was pretty meh compared to Xbox 360 in the first year and half or so.
These days, Xbox One and Series S/X are pretty great, but unfortunately ever since the Xbox One launch I've adopted the "let's not get too hyped up about this because Microsoft just might drop the ball a little bit" mindset. Especially as a Halo fangirl.
They lost me forever just by trying that shit. I've been PS ever since.
I've personally had a grudge against sony for years now after they robbed me of otherOS, that combined with their rootkit BS and blocking me from paying for something with a giftcard because I don't remember the 3 digit code on a credit card that stopped existing years ago.
For reference, I don't trust either Sony or MS to do the "right thing" but MS hasn't slighted me yet
Yeah I still remember back when MS just yeeted all this shit out. Basically killed their sales for their generation. And gave Sony that absolute banger of a trolling chance.
We're lucky to have valve. They actually managed to make a console without the downsides of a console.
My OLED deck has arrived today, can't wait to use it.
You mean their Linux PC with a built in controller?
A linux PC would involve some amount of tinkering.
The steam deck is foolproof, a 6 year old can play games on it with no issues, so it's a console. The PC mode is just a nice extra.
The Steam Deck definitely requires a certain amount of tinkering, depending on when you got it and what games you're trying to play!
Linux can be configured to be idiot friendly y'know, and it doesn't make it suddenly not Linux. The SteamDeck has the capabilities of a full fledged Linux PC with the PC mode, it very much isn't just a console.
You’re both right. Hail Lord Gaben