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!
You’re both right. Hail Lord Gaben
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.
False. When bricks stop working they cannot be used as bricks.
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.
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.
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
Can it kill someone?
Xbox: only virtually
Brick: easily
It seems you’ve never thrown an Xbox One at someone
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?
I would contend that bricks are technically region locked, for the majority of people.
That is, if you see the shipping cost of getting one to a different region, you’re absolutely going to leave it in its country of origin.
I’ve worked for a company that supplied key-in-hand clinics for developing countries; picture a three room rectangular building with an x-ray room, a doctors office and a central reception/waiting room.
We had tender from Angola where the client - a local aid organization - wanted us to supply everything for the clinic, including building materials, from Europe to the small lost in wilderness area the clinic would be built.
It was standard practice to source construction and materials locally because good sense.
Took several meetings to convince the client there was no added value to the project by having all building materials imported.
One of the most painful experiences in dealing with human beings I have ever had.
Ugh. All the donation money they must waste.
It was confusing, to be gentle, handling the situation.
Everyone involved were genuinely good people but lived with the impression nothing in their country was adequate and what passed through was a notion they wanted to boast about their clinic being built with the best materials available.
We managed to diffuse the situation and save them a good chunk of money by having our engineer go there to personally select locally sourced materials - including bricks - to “guarantee” adequate and top quality product.
But it was ridiculous.
We were treated like show items.
