JelloBrains

@JelloBrains@piefed.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Machine pricing and launch announced and yes it's pricey⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I really question why I would choose this over a 5060 Ti gaming laptop or PowerSpec rig for roughly the same price as the 2tb w/controller option. I guess it looks good, but I can use creative cabinet placement to hide a tower or laptop if I need to. For now, I am not sure it’s for me, but it looks good, although maybe not that controller.

  I fully expect the next-next Gen Consoles to be similarly priced due to the whole shortages thing for the AI Gold rush.

  I also can’t wait to see it torn down and to find out how repairable it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic are hiking Fortnite V-Buck prices to “pay the bills”, because those server farms don't run on peanuts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So you go from 1500 vbucks in a battlepass to only 800. Crew will now only give you 800. Effectively they got Microsoft to pony up big money to make Crew part of the Ultimate Sub and then borked it.

  This is trash and everyone knows it, they are a multi-billion dollar company, they don’t need help paying the bills. Another sad case of “won’t somebody think of the poor shareholders.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Finally Know How Much the Xbox Handheld Will Cost⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, they increased the price to buy into their ecosystem with a second price hike this year, now they are asking a grand for a handheld, they must really want out of gaming, I know the tariffs suck but this just comes across as too much.

  It’s $999 plus taxes in most places, then you need Game Pass Ultimate to stream games to this thing, something they are using as a selling point, that’s a couple hundred per year and like any streaming service subject to sudden increases. I just don’t understand where they thing people are getting this money, there are signs people have already started pulling back.

  The Series S which was under powered according to a lot of devs even on release, is now 400 dollars for 500GB, 450 for 1TB, then the Series X now ranges 600 Digital, 650 Disc, 730 2TB, 800 2TB special color. As someone that has preferred Xbox since the OG, I think they’ve lost it, at least for now the PS Pro is 750 and objectively the better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Plans To Combine ChromeOS and Android Into Single Platform⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does this mean they've given up on Fuschia? We've been hearing that was coming for years.

  I also question if this move will mean the end of those low cost Chromebooks that got so many to use them, and schools to purchase them. It'll be interesting to see where this ends up.