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Wman1996 21 hours ago

Xbox is my least used of the Big 3.
That being said.
-I like how you can gift games like you can on Steam.
-After PlayStation dropped CD support, Xbox still kept it. I haven't played CDs on my Xbox One but it's still nice.
-Microsoft Rewards have gotten a lot crappier recently but they're still around after Nintendo got rid of Gold Points and Sony got rid of PlayStation Stars.
-More than just one generation back for backwards compatibility.
-I don't have an Xbox Series, but Quick Resume is an awesome feature.



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 159 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million, then 161 million)

PS5: 116 million (was 105 million, then 115 million, then 122 million)

Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)

Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

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The_Liquid_Laser 19 hours ago

I am no fan of Steam, but they have a much better track record with digital purchases than the big 3 do.



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Wman1996 19 hours ago
The_Liquid_Laser said:

I am no fan of Steam, but they have a much better track record with digital purchases than the big 3 do.

It is tougher to get banned from Steam and by extension tougher to lose access to your digital games compared to consoles. Steam has no written right to brick your computer or even your Steam Deck. The console corporations can brick your hardware for severe violations. 

Steam is not perfect and still has DRM but is more secure for purchases over time. For instance, the Wii Shop Channel and DSi Shop had an outage from mid-March until July 6, 2022. Over two and a half months and people could not download their purchased games. I see the ability to use those two shops to download games getting discontinued in the 2030s or at least around 2040. Additionally, I don't think Xbox 360, PS3, Vita, 3DS and Wii U will survive into the 2040s to download your games.

I could see Switch, PS4 and Xbox One still supporting downloads in the 2040s given how popular digital games are on them. 



Lifetime Sales Predictions 

Switch: 159 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million, then 161 million)

PS5: 116 million (was 105 million, then 115 million, then 122 million)

Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)

Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

"Let go your earthly tether, enter the void, empty and become wind." - Guru Laghima

Spindel 18 hours ago

Amount of colours the Master System could display simultaneously compared to the NES. Still NES had more and better games.



SvennoJ 17 hours ago

I prefer PSVR2 for its ease of use, but envy PCVR for the ability to run far more (AAA) games. Still rather go for convenience than working on compromises to play.



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Zkuq 14 hours ago
Wman1996 said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

I am no fan of Steam, but they have a much better track record with digital purchases than the big 3 do.

It is tougher to get banned from Steam and by extension tougher to lose access to your digital games compared to consoles. Steam has no written right to brick your computer or even your Steam Deck. The console corporations can brick your hardware for severe violations. 

Steam is not perfect and still has DRM but is more secure for purchases over time. For instance, the Wii Shop Channel and DSi Shop had an outage from mid-March until July 6, 2022. Over two and a half months and people could not download their purchased games. I see the ability to use those two shops to download games getting discontinued in the 2030s or at least around 2040. Additionally, I don't think Xbox 360, PS3, Vita, 3DS and Wii U will survive into the 2040s to download your games.

I could see Switch, PS4 and Xbox One still supporting downloads in the 2040s given how popular digital games are on them. 

Technically Steam itself has no DRM, although many games on Steam do, and I think Steam DRM is also an optional thing for developers to use, but supposedly it's quite easily cracked, and I don't think it's terribly common. Still, Steam has a good amount of entirely DRM-free games as well. For most people, I'm sure this is just nitpicky, but it's still good to be aware that Steam itself as a service doesn't enforce DRM (nor lack thereof, unlike GOG).



curl-6 10 hours ago

PS4 is the best console of the 8th gen for my money, but I preferred the controllers of Xbox One and Wii U, they were comfortable and in Wii U's case had interesting functionality.