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Anyone else avoiding gaming consoles past 8th gen? (piefed.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/ask@piefed.social

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I’m not paying for multiplayer. The internet, electricity, games and accessories are expensive enough.

It was all downhill from PS4, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Switch.

I will be gaming on steam deck instead.

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[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago

Little known fact was the fat PS3's had a Yellow Light of Death, that could sometimes be fixed by reflowing the motherboard with a heat gun. We got one more week out of the system before it went kaput for good.

But... should hardware failures be a reason to not buy a console? PC hardware fails too. It's only when the failure rate is well beyond engineering tolerances, like the 360 RROD, that it becomes a breach of consumer confidence and trust.