Comment on What is the point of Xbox?
applepie@kbin.social 4 months agoI think that's the point bro above is making tho... sure you an use it like one. But it does not compete directly with PS5 and Xbox. Different audience and primary use case is different.
If Xbox dies, steam deck is not a proper substitute for people who buy TV consoles. I guess steam could make steam console tho tbh
mortalic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Why do you say it isn’t a proper substitute? What features is it missing?
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
because in the bill of materials you’re paying for a screen and battery that are unnecessary expenses if you just need a console. in an actual console, that money will go towards higher powered hardware to run games, and maybe some other ancillary things. Also in a console you can have a better cooling system since you’re not constrained to a mobile platform. all of this adds up to a better performance-to-price ratio in a console compared to handhelds.
tan00k@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Reading through the above comments it seems like goalposts keep moving on what counts as a console. Does the wii u not count as a console because the controller had a screen and the price to performance is poor?
I’m not sure any of you have a concrete definition for a console, and maybe there isn’t one. It might be more of a spectrum with open and configurable devices on one end and the more focused devices with walled garden software on the other.
Then you can day that ps5 is more like a console than steam deck is, and steam deck is more like a console than a pc.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The WiiU Gamepad did not function on its own, it had to be connected to the actual console in order to function. It was literally a controller with a screen. It did not have any functionality without the console.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
i would say the wiiu is a special case console. they tried holding in a screen to a typical console design and it didn’t really work. the vast, vast majority of consoles don’t have screens built into their controllers.
callouscomic@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Most of Nintendo’s pre-Switch “consoles” arguably had poor performance-to-price ratios in terms of hardware.
Also, a PC doesn’t have the constraints of a mobile form factor and better cooling and can have better performance without the built in battery and screen. You just argued to me that a PC can be a console.
This all seems arbitrary to argue the differences.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
if those nintendos had to build in a screen or battery they’d have even worse performance for the price.
i honestly don’t even know what your point about PC is.
applepie@kbin.social 4 months ago