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No consoles are an even worse solution. They’ve been through several generations of hardware iterations in the same amount of time.

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What console line has had several generations of hardware iterations in the past decade? Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have all put out two generations at best, with plenty of games still shipping to the "old" generation even now.

They’ve all had 2-3 models in the last decade-ish. So that’s at least 1 time I would have had to have thrown everything away.

I miscounted though, I’ve been running the same OS since Windows 7. Probably 2014. I’ve been able to upgrade without having to throw away my entire operating system. Consoles aren’t a solution for longevity.

They’ve each had one new generation release since 2013.

Yeah that’s 2 different models and at least 1 time that I have to toss my entire system.

Nintendos had 3 generations in that time and Xbox has had countless churn in its hardware.

You are aware that old consoles still play games, right? My PS4 still plays all my PS4 games and lets me stream PS5 games to from my living room to my bedroom. My Xbox 360 still plays games just fine last time I checked (last June or so). Getting rid of old consoles doesn’t make sense unless you absolutely have to have the latest tech and also don’t have much storage space.

You’re aware my computer still plays games from the 90s right? AND it plays the new games without having to buy a whole new platform.

? That's not the point though? With consoles you just sign-in to your account and you're basically done, you don't Hce the hassle of dealing with migrations like a PC.

Switching my hardware and having to buy all new games isn’t the point???

How is that longevity?

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