Technology

My real problem is that they're basically computers but they're locked down. A few hundred more and I can get something completely customizable, with a wider selection of games at better prices, and performance is about the same. And if course you can do a lot more with a regular PC.

I'd be more open to buying one if they supported running Linux OOTB (without hacking or voiding warranties etc.) even if it was a dual boot or a VM situation. Either that or a big price drop. I thought consoles used to be able to do more with less because of high optimization but maybe that's not a priority anymore.

Not a great article even if it does attempt to make a relevant point.

Talks about how we didn't get slimmed down versions of consoles while ignoring the beefed up releases like PS5 Pro.

And then they totally lost me at the still image comparison between Xbox One and XSX and related talk about how games look mostly the same across gens. Anyone who has played the pictured game (Halo Infinite) on both knows how the visual differences are huge - better resolution, higher frame rate, WAY better draw distance, texture popping reduction, etc.

This author has an agenda that they go out of their way to push, even when they don't need to.