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RightHandOfIkaros, do games w People who call the PS1 'PSX' make me want to kill kittens

I only use “PS1” when naming a ROM folder so it sorts correctly.

The PSX was always called the PSX. It always shared a suspicious name similarity with the Microsoft MSX computer device family, which Sony manyfactured some of them.

cyberpunk007, do games w People who call the PS1 'PSX' make me want to kill kittens

Ah yes. Just like “GCN” for Nintendo GameCube.

Another thing that irks me is Microsofts stupid decision to name a console “Xbox” then one later down the line “Xbox One”

Oh cool, you have an Xbox One? I still have an Xbox …1…?

RightHandOfIkaros,

“I have an Xbox.”

“Oh cool, which one?”

“The original.”

ms_lane,

Eggsbox, £3.60

brsrklf,

I’d heard the reason for the Xbox One was that some marketing genius noticed people were calling Xbox 360 “the 360”, and thought they would call that one… well, the One.

And then everyone laughed and went ex-bone instead.

funkless_eck, do gaming w My primary use of portable consoles has been lounging around the house.

I brought my steamdeck to a boys weekend away. We used it to play a few games here and there at 3am as we’re winding down for bed in our Jammies.

MudMan, do gaming w My primary use of portable consoles has been lounging around the house.

I mean, yeah, mostly I use portables at home, but I do bring them with me. It's a 50-50 chance whether I overcome the social awkwardness of pulling out a game system in a packed train or plane, but... you know, hotels are a thing.

The real question is which handheld do you bring with you. Pre-pandemic it was the Switch or the 3DS. When I had a long train commute me and my friends got into Mario Kart DS on local multiplayer for a while. When I was alone I did tend to carry a PSP, which at the time was also my media player of choice. By the time I moved to PC handhelds from the aging Switch I wasn't really travelling, but the couple times I did the Deck seemed a bit too large and I do have a smaller Windows handheld I can use instead. Smaller retro emulation handhelds are cute and portable, but a bit too limited. A couple times I packed a controller to go with my laptop.

73CC, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

Never again, bye Microsoft Windows 😁 Hi GNU/Linux my new friend.

BURN, do gaming w My primary use of portable consoles has been lounging around the house.

I bought a switch. Then I almost never used it, since if I’m gaming I’m at my PC.

I’ll likely never buy another portable console simply for the fact that I don’t have a use for it. Many do, I’m just not one of them

magic_lobster_party, do gaming w My primary use of portable consoles has been lounging around the house.

I’ve done this. Brought a switch with me on a longer vacation only to never touch it. At least I learned a lesson and stopped bringing it.

garretble, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
@garretble@lemmy.world avatar

My Windows 10 PC’s only function at this point is to play FFXIV in my living room, so I’m not super worried about viruses or anything.

But maybe eventually I’ll switch to Linux on that box and do that weird set-up to get FFXIV running there.

A_Union_of_Kobolds, do gaming w My primary use of portable consoles has been lounging around the house.

Idk I get a lot of use from my Switch Lite when I travel. When I’m home I just play on my ps5.

steve, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
@steve@lemmy.ca avatar

Why is Bill Gates in the picture? lol

VolumetricShitCompressor, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

Just imagine 43 % market share in the next hardware survey.

notarobot, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?

Ill bet right before the deadline, they will magically make TPM optional, even though they said they wouldn’t.

dota__2, do games w Day 263 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing

yep, definitely ark with a pokemon paint job more than any game pokemon has put out. that paint job has still gotten a lot more people to play the game than a lot of other survival games.

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

Right now if i ever have a craving for Ark i think i’ll probably go back to this. Ark is fun in small doses, but the huge size makes it impossible to download on a whim. This i can have done in a few hours

dota__2,

yeah i put ~80 hours into before they started pumping out paid dlc for their early access game and haven’t touched it since. and any remote desire to maybe get more out of money spent was immediately soured by that size.

csm10495, do games w 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
@csm10495@sh.itjust.works avatar

If ya want to not be plugged into the internet, or use new external media, ya can probably run it safely forever.

tacosplease,

That’s my plan so far. I just use it for emulators anyway.

eezeebee, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 6th
@eezeebee@lemmy.ca avatar

Dark Souls 2, again. I’m helping a new player and the really bad co-op mechanics might be enough to push me to try out some mods like seamless co-op and the lighting engine which looks gorgeous.

Dome Keeper. I didn’t realize it was made in Godot which is neat and encouraging to see. I really like the gameplay loop and graphics and look forward to unlocking more things to shake it up.

New Super Lucky’s Tale. The burrow mechanic was pretty fun. While the game wasn’t very challenging it was still a good playthrough and visually strong. The best part was the bonus world at the end where you really get to let the abilities rip, especially in combat. I wish there were more enemies around in the rest of the game because the way you can chain together attacks and create a “flow” was fun and seriously under-utilized.

MoistHoagie,

I’ve been playing with the seamless co-op mod with a friend on Dark Souls III and it is the best way to play in my opinion. Same goes for Elden Ring. No way I would have played through 5 times with the built in co-op.

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