Everybody is doing a mini console except Microsoft

[Mr Puggsly]

Conina said:

Mr Puggsly said:

OG Xbox definitely has more than 30 games that have aged well. By the 6th gen the dual stick was mostly figured out, especially in shooters. Might be difficult to license many notable games though, it seems like Sony struggled with their device.

But they aged sooooooo much better on Xbox One, Xbox One X or PC. "Das Bessere ist des Guten Feind" (The better is the enemy of the  good).

While playing these classics on an Xbox mini, I would probably ask myself every minute: "Why am I playing this game in 480i / 480p instead of playing it in 1080p or 4K on a better suited device?"

Ideally, an OG Xbox mini console would basically be X1's BC. Theoretically they could move that software to a cheaper hardware.

Maybe MS could just produce something a stripped down X1. Essentially the APU, RAM and flash storage for the games. Unless they can find a cheaper specs to get similar results as X1's BC. Maybe a Ryzen APU that could do higher resolutions, lets go crazy!

It would be more expensive than other devices but the games are more modern and HD. I would not suggest hardware that can only emulate at their native resolutions, that would be trash. I think X1 plays OG Xbox games at 960p, it varies.

If the collection of games is strong I would argue that's worth $150.