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What are your favorite game consoles? (lemmus.org)

submitted 9 months ago by VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 47 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Steamdeck because it's so versatile and powerful. I also like that all the linux gaming improvements flow through to my linux desktop pc as well.

Gameboy advanced because it was so portable.

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I miss my GBA, I loved the form factor of that little guy. Fit perfectly in a pocket, super comfortable to hold for ages. I had the see through plastic version which was super cool.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

There are so many portable emulators these days in that form factor. It seems like there's at least one new one each month. I've bought and used several from Anbernic personally or as gifts.

I can't recommend these devices enough.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Agreed, both are great consoles.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Is steamdeck really a console or just a Linux PC with extra controls.

I'd argue that being console also needs a proprietary OS and games that don't work anywhere else.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

A defining aspect of the console experience is the "it just werks" pick up and play nature of them which I think the steamdeck fits well enough into.

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

Sony has officially supported Linux distros for both PS2 and 3.

However, that's not what the games ran on, so it still fits with your definition. It's just interesting to think about given the current state of things.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's a hilariously corporate definition of a console

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If you can select OS, it's PC. If the manufacturer can't even things with exclusive game sales and licensing, hardware would be more expensive than it would be as a console. Sell the hardware cheap, gather profit from games people want to publish on your platform.

Console is a very corporate thing.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Poor ps3 or should I say pc3 by this definition

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yes and sony cancelled other OS, because...

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 9 months ago

I think it can be both a console and a pc. However you choose to use it.