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for me it's steam deck it's like a portable pc

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The one you like and because you like it.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The steam deck is a portable pc that looks like a handheld console.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

All consoles are portable PC's.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, but most aren't able to be used like a laptop/desktop PC. You can't install any software from outside the official repository on a Xbox or Playstation whereas the Steam Deck is just a handheld laptop with Linux as the OS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Nah, a PC is a specific thing, not just any computing device. Most modern consoles are custom architecture and systems. Not PC compatible.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (7 children)

i'm gonna get downvoted for this, but the one i already have handy all the time: my phone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Everyone in the replies here is sleeping on the raw emulation power of most people's phone, doubly so if you're willing to bt sync a controller to it. I've got a significant percentage of the SNES and PS1 libraries playable on mine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Boo hiss :P

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Ahh, a Diablo enthusiast, I see.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

What kind of games do you like and play, I'm not gonna judge :p

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

i agree with you, figuring useful and fun UI using touch and swipes is a real challenge. but ive never seen someone whip out a bluetooth joypad for their phone in public.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Super Nintendo because it's super.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Still mad they never made a mega nintendo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

That’s why Mega Drive was always superior

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Given the trend to make "Super" variants of games for the Super Nintendo, we could have seen "Mega Mega Man".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

They were originally going to call the Nintendo 64 the Ultra 64. That's about as mega as it gets.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Sega Dreamcast. It was ahead of its time, at the time. GD-ROM (1.2Gigs of data in an era of CD), Dual pressure sensitive triggers, modem, ethernet adapter. Even the memory card was a portable minigame device.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I was very sad when they discontinued it. I seem to recall that they did that just after someone in charge of it died.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It was the last console of extremely unique games, most of which were absolute bangers. Rez is still one of my absolute favorite games of all time. Space channel 5, crazy taxi, jet set radio, shenmue, seaman, chu chu rocket, power stone, techromancer, and many many many others.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

For me it is the Gamecube, it was the first console I bought new and got invested in.

Mario Kart Double Dash is also the best Mario Kart.

I sold mine way too early, but a decade later I bought a good used one with MK:DD and Bomberman

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think I'm in the minority, but PS3. It was the most powerful console of its time, it released The Last of Us, Uncharted, Gran Turismo and a ton of other classics and the PSN was free to use.

It also had my favorite game of all time on it - Littlebigplanet 2. The custom levels people made were insane.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

The SNES. Why? Because it was the best console.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, you can't neglect the prior 2 PlayStation generations. Gran Turismo started on ps1 with the first two, and the next two on PS2. Besides that, great entries like the first three Spyro games, Jak and Dexter, Ratchet and Clank... And let's not forget just home much freaking staying power the PS2 had! Was still getting new games alongside Wii, Xbox 360, even the PS3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's fair about the staying power, but I prefer playing Multiplayer so the PS2 and 1 never hit the same (I did play them a lot as well though - I had the OG Gran Turismo, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, Duke Nukem: Time to Kill, Metal Gear Solid and a bunch of others for PS1, and I had NFS: Underground 2, Gran Turismo: A-Spec, Medal of Honor: Frontline and a bunch of others for PS2 as well). I do respect how well they did, but I really enjoy multiplayer (and the PS2 multiplayer didn't do it for me)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

GameCube. Because I have fond memories of it in my childhood. I prefer it over PS2 because it properly supports 4 player games (without any extra gadgets).

Smash Bros. Mario Kart. TimeSplitters. All excellent couch multiplayer games. Even Metroid Prime 2 had quite fun multiplayer.

And Soul Calibur 2 got Link.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Intellivision because the controller has an insert with labels for what the buttons do for each game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

You got it backwards. Is a portable pc that’s like a console.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I would say the Xbox 360, tho I never really owned one. I feel it was maybe the most polished modern console, the most friendliest, worked offline (obviously), was easy to hack and MS didn't really made a fuss about it. an x360 was accessible for everyone, even for the less fortunate peeps around here central-eastern and eastern europe. hacked or not, ms had a nice market here and the xbox brand was pretty stable.

The PS2, the og Xbox (though it really was a PC), the Game Cube, Wii, Wii U, and of course the 8 and 16 bit era consoles are also great candidates one by one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Really depends on your definition of best. I think the PS2 and the Xbox 360 were the last great consoles, they're the best in my book but they obviously aren't too common anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The only one I ever had for myself was the Wii U. Awesome idea that was never fleshed out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I had a DVD player and some DVDs came with playable games it was the best.

Actually, the most realistic gaming console is this universe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

PlayStation 2 due to it's game library.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Really like my switch. Love Mario, Zelda, retro games, many others, and the portability.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Take your pick between PS2, OG Xbox, GameCube, Dreamcast, or SNES. I just think those are the consoles with the strongest libraries.

[–] Squirrel 1 points 10 months ago

NES. Zelda, Mario, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear (kind of), Dragon Quest, etc.; it was the beginning of many great franchises.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The gaming console is one you own or the one with the games you want to play. PC is also a good option.

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