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1. Jim (jim@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 02:01:04 JST Jim
   Is Nintendo and PC gaming going to have to do the heavy lifting for an entire generation once again? Microsoft has a machine that should be decently capable of putting out good games yet has none ready and those released seemingly have never ending issues. Sony seems to be trying to position itself less as the everyman's console and more as the "high end" version releasing secondary devices that are overpriced and that underdeliver.
   
   Nintendo on the other hand already has rumors out that their next console will more than likely be a switch 2, more powerful (nothing crazy but a decent bump), equipped with some sort of AR feature, and most importantly fully backwards compatible with the original switch library. PC gaming has been really delivering lately with solid titles especially for those that enjoy FPS games.
   
   Sonysisters, Xbros, I don't feel so good.
   • Some German Guy (some_german_guy@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 06:19:19 JST Some German Guy

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     • Dragon Zero
     we are at a point where the steamdeck has spawned a whole set of copycat handheld gaming pc things.
     consoles were a joke for a long time, but now that out of the box handheld pc's are just as good and simple to use as consoles were, they are truly obsolete.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 06:19:19 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Some German Guy

     Used to want one of these so bad back in the day, seemed ideal to be able to hike w/ it, now it just seems pointless

   • Dragon Zero (william_the_dragonborn@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 06:19:20 JST Dragon Zero

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     The console wars are over, PC master race and Nintendo are victorious.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 06:28:43 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Some German Guy

     Tablets totally outcompete it, because you already can’t type very well on these, you just remove a lot of complexity and weight for better screen space. Still cool in theory at least. Just not very useful, esp. compared to having a laptop harness

   • Some German Guy (some_german_guy@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 06:28:44 JST Some German Guy

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     • Dragon Zero
     yea the idea of the dpa becomes kind of laughable if you can get a fully functional laptop in the same form factor these days.
   • 🐦ulon :blobshp: (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 12:42:48 JST 🐦ulon :blobshp:

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     • Some German Guy
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @Jim @Some_German_Guy @William_The_Dragonborn I got baited by my teenage dream of getting an OpenPandora. Never had the same romance for sliders for the reasons you outlined, clamshells have the distinct advantage of being their own screen cover when pocketed.
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