Original Xbox and the duke. Full computer, can install xbmc, basically the steam box of it's time but sold way under cost.
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I believe the PS3 was.
Very powerful machine, Sony was losing money on every sale.
Full of features including a web browser (which at the time was very impressive).
Full online functionality without any monthly costs
Upgradable hard drive
Full backwards compatibility (at launch).
It just didn’t sell as much as the ps2
I have one of the super chunky OG PS3s thats compatable with PS1/2 games as well as DVD and bluray. I don't play it anymore but I'm never getting rid of it.
Nahhhh the 360 was better....
At the time, i was all-in onps3, because of the rrod bullshit, but looking back, virtually every single title that was released on both platforms, runs and plays better on 360.
both consoles were and are amazing today!
you can soft-exploit any ps3 in existence with only a usb stick and run all the unsigned code you want.
the 360 is significantly more complicated, there is a soft-mod out there now, but it's a little finicky. if you are brave and handy with a soldering iron you can put an RHG chip in there and reflash the bios to allow you to run unsigned code. I dropped a 2tb hdd into mine, which is more than i need for any and every game i ever even considered playing.
the ps3 is worth owning and playing for ps3 titles, the xbox360 is better for everything else.
bottom line: seventh gen was best gen
Conditional backwards compatability and while it did have online features a lot of them required a subscription to access.
I hope the GabeCube has a handle too
I mean they've shown it, so we know it doesn't.
But the community will make it happen.
I had a GameCube back in the day no one ever moved it around with the handle. Sure you could move the console but you still had all of the wires and of course the controller to move as well so the handle, and of course you would need TV at the destination so wasn't really helpful.
I never understood who they handle was aimed at.
In theory you could take it over to your friends house but realistically all you did was just set it up where you wanted it and then never move it.
I sort of agree and sort of disagree.
People absolutely did move their consoles around then. When I'd stay at my friend's or a family member's house, I'd often take my Dreamcast or GameCube, because I knew they didn't have one.
They'd do the same when they came over to my house, because I never had a PS1/PS2.
Where the handle doesn't make sense is what you said with the cables and controllers. I'd always put the console in the same place I put my controller(s) and cables - a bag that has its own handles.
Didn't it have local LAN multiplayer for some titles? I think that's why the handle was on it, but it's been a long time.
I believe there was an attachment for the bottom that had a LAN port.
Dreamcast because you could just burn a game to CD and run it on an unmodded console.
Original Xbox because you could slap on a no solder mod chip and boot from the hard drive. Suddenly you could switch up the loader, run modded games, run emulators... Truly ground breaking for the console scene.
Or SNES if you're the kind of weirdo who buys a console because they like games.
I think I spent more time trying to get the PSO hack to work than I did playing the actual games.
that's a lie i played animal crossing and double dash until my eyes were bleeding
Playstation 2 has all of these benefits and more.
no dvd or cd capability
Only three shoulder buttons. No select button. Absolute garbage D-pad and right analog sticks.
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Nintendo64
Going to disagree, the N64 was amazing but there was a lot about controllers and 3D game play that was still getting figured out. By the time the Game Cube came around we had figured out a good controller layout and how to interact with 3D environments. Also Mario Cart Double Dash was peek Mario Cart.
Kart*
People love the GC controller but I prefer the N64 even considering joystick failure. I never liked the stiff joysticks and mushy l/r buttons on the GC.
I also feel like the N64 was the last Nintendo console made for kids and adults. GC games seem cutesy and infantalized compared to older Nintendo consoles, and they’ve been like that ever since.
Cartridges are superior to discs for game performance and stack nicely without cases. They are also less prone to damage.
Most importantly, the N64 hit my nostalgia prime time where the GC was too late. My younger relatives love the GC.
also feel like the N64 was the last Nintendo console made for kids and adults. GC games seem cutesy and infantalized compared to older Nintendo consoles, and they’ve been like that ever since.
GameCube had more T to M rated games than any other Nintendo console.
Yeah but the main line games like Mario were way more childish.
I think they were going for Game Cube level "child-friendliness" with the 64 but didn't have the fidelity for it until the Game Cube. I don't think Mario Kart 64 or Super Smash Bros was any more or less cutesy than Double Dash or Melee.
Wind Waker was definitely more light-hearted than Ocarina or Majora's Mask, though.
Mario Sunshine is more childish than Mario 64? 🤨
The only Mario game that has a political message is more childish than the one entirely about getting some pie?
I will give you that Wind Waker got slammed for the graphic style being too childish.
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Valve is missing out by not putting a handle on the new steam machine.
Gaben is offering us the chance to start up a handle 3d printing business!
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