Huh? Just get an old Dell optiplex tower on Ebay or Craigslist and install Batocera on it. It’d probably cost a similar amount
I mean, I’ll give them some money to activate developer mode so I can install emulators on my Xbox. I don’t need emulators on my Xbox but it’s gonna sit there doing nothing otherwise because I’m not paying for Gamepass
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I already own an Xbox, there’s no earthly way that buying an old anything would be cheaper than paying the small developer mode activation charge for the console I already have (bought second hand a few years ago from a friend who had used it 3 times)
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why? It doesn’t cost them anything to flip that bit on hardware that you own.
LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
If there’s a way to activate dev mode without paying them I don’t know about it
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sorry, my comment wasn’t clear. I’m just saying that it’s total bullshit that they would charge for that.
LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I’m in full agreement there, but at least it’s a small one-off payment to just use it the way I want to rather than playing cat-and-mouse with hacks and software updates