Very true, but 14yo me preferred 16h long gaming sessions We even got that OG Xbox for Christmas, although my dad did have to prank us by first only putting the DVD remote under the tree and be like “yeah, so when you do get it, you have this upgrade already, isn’t that neat??”. Then we went up and got the final surprise gift: the OG Xbox. That actually might be the first time I remember being exhausted from hype. Wtf, me and my brother were so happy with it.
My parents only packed the controller for me and put it under the tree, the joked about getting the Xbox later (but of course I got it). I was so happy I cried.
I really-really wanted that console, not due to any marketing, but after playing on it during a weekend at my friends. I have been a PC player until that time, but the OG Xbox got me over to the console side, and I haven’t left since (though I play mostly on PS now).
It’s incredible to think how much Microsoft had to fuck up to go from that and the 360’s hype to whatever they are doing called Xbox today.
Wow, real jokesters our parents, lol. Pfff, I was so hyped for the same reason. Playing Halo at a friends house impressed me almost as much as playing Super Mario 64 at a relatives house did. I never really played Goldeneye so playing Halo felt like 3d shooters were finally a thing on consoles to me, and the co-op was hella fun too! And i liked the big chonker controller!
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Very true, but 14yo me preferred 16h long gaming sessions We even got that OG Xbox for Christmas, although my dad did have to prank us by first only putting the DVD remote under the tree and be like “yeah, so when you do get it, you have this upgrade already, isn’t that neat??”. Then we went up and got the final surprise gift: the OG Xbox. That actually might be the first time I remember being exhausted from hype. Wtf, me and my brother were so happy with it.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My parents only packed the controller for me and put it under the tree, the joked about getting the Xbox later (but of course I got it). I was so happy I cried.
I really-really wanted that console, not due to any marketing, but after playing on it during a weekend at my friends. I have been a PC player until that time, but the OG Xbox got me over to the console side, and I haven’t left since (though I play mostly on PS now).
It’s incredible to think how much Microsoft had to fuck up to go from that and the 360’s hype to whatever they are doing called Xbox today.
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wow, real jokesters our parents, lol. Pfff, I was so hyped for the same reason. Playing Halo at a friends house impressed me almost as much as playing Super Mario 64 at a relatives house did. I never really played Goldeneye so playing Halo felt like 3d shooters were finally a thing on consoles to me, and the co-op was hella fun too! And i liked the big chonker controller!
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I remember when I finally scraped together enough dough to get a used XBox in 2008