• Broadfern@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    I don’t think I’ve ever actively been put off of wanting a new console before this. Lukewarm feelings or too poor, sure.

    I love my original Switch and (most of) its first-party titles but each new article about its successor is making me want a Steam Deck instead.

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      19 hours ago

      I got a Steam Deck shortly after the Switch 2 price reveal and love it. I wish I’d gotten one years ago, but better late than never.

      I don’t think I’ve ever actively been put off of wanting a new console before this.

      Weren’t around for this one? It put me off Xbox forever, which turned out to be the right decision.

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        18 hours ago

        I was in elementary school when the 360 came out, so no, I wasn’t aware at the time of the corporate smarm coming from Microsoft.

        You’re right to be put off of it though, MS is…yeah.

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          2 hours ago

          Hey, dude, just be older like me. How are you going to remember screwing your Atari into the antenna ports on the back of the TV if you weren’t alive for that?

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          13 hours ago

          This was the Xbox One release. In the initial announcement it was all online, all the time with fully Digital licening. As you can imagine, uproar followed. This was their reasoning for everyone who couldn’t download a few TB of games and updates on the regular. They relented on almost all of their points, but the damage was done.