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Nintendo 2 the fastest selling console of all time you did it gamers! That'll show them (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I havent played on consoles since the PS3 era. I dont think this is gonna change anytime soon. I have everything I need and want on PC these days

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's kinda nuts to think that when the 360 came out, it was more powerful than the best consumer PC you could build (and arguably the PS3 also did, or would have done had it released in 2005 as planned), for $299 (less than 500 adjusted for inflation).

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

And with the new Xbox handheld being a rebadged Rog Ally running windows I’m left wondering what the future is

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's kinda nuts to think that when the 360 came out, it was more powerful than the best consumer PC you could build

Are we talking price comparable or what? Do you have source for this because it just doesn’t seem true

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The most powerful PC you could build in 2005 would have a 7800 GTX (AKA G70). Incidentally, that is the closest thing to PS3's GPU, which was famously less powerful than 360's. On the CPU side it's harder to compare because of the different architectures, but it wouldn't be matched (and exceeded) until 2006 with the Core 2 Duo processors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You could have two of those GPUs in one PC. If you’re talking price vs performance it makes sense but the statement as stands is not accurate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Assuming you're not CPU limited, what you're doing scales with SLI and the drivers actually work, sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

And that's like...the entire purpose of consoles: a dedicated machine with hardware stronger than a PC meant exclusively for a specific type of software. Somehow that's been forgotten (and by "somehow," I mean capitalism enshittifying everything).