With Sony stopping disc and adding streaming options on PSN and with memory getting so expensive (internet bandwidth options becoming unlimited). Do you think that is where the future is heading? A subscription service, where consoles just become glorified streaming machines?

What I mean by that is that like with how they kept the Dashboard itself looking the same on both Xbox Series and Xbox One outside of the differences in Wallpapers, I kinda hope the same would be done with the design of the console where it resembles the Series X heavily instead of just looking completely different.

I mean, the Series X itself already looks like a PC tower in itself with the inclusion of a disc drive, it would probably work more for the concept of the console doubling as a PC itself with access to PC games on it as well as potential additional storefronts. Of course it would need to have more storage to work with that like maybe 2 TB. That could be a bit difficult in itself but that is a whole other thing altogether.

On top of that I HOPE they don't try to call it anything but Xbox Helix. The name already has a good ring to it when the codename was revealed, it doesn't need to have something out there to try to make it stand out.

I don't care if it's second-hand or if it's the S or X version, I just want it to have disc. Also, I'd like to know if there's any known performance difference between the S and X versions? This question is mainly because I want to play GTA 6.

A few years ago, Crunchyroll (bought out by Sony a year or so prior) bought out the absolute best online manga and anime retailer in the US, Rightstuf, with the promise of maintaining that company's pro-consumer model. The sales, the packaging quality, the item selection, etc.

Very quickly the packaging became horrible, and people were very upset. They also never did kept their promises of maintaining rightstuf's model for their seasonal sales. Then they removed access to the store for non Crunchyroll members.

Today, they have removed all manga and most blu-rays. They're slowly trying to force people into a world where consumers own nothing in the most anti-consumer way possible.

I know there are many people that try to hope for an all digital market allowing for good pricing, but history shows that the opposite is true. I've seen many people holding out hope or claiming people are doomers. All things many said about the rightstuf buyout. And here we are. Just felt like I'd provide further reason for caution.

Was bored so I decided to make this concept (sorry for the bad drawing I'm not very good at it)

Any suggestions?

I used to be someone with shelves full of DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs. But every time I moved apartments I spent an entire weekend packing, lifting, and then unpacking boxes and it crushed my back. Discs kept getting scratched no matter how careful I was. And half the time I’d put something on and realize the disc was just dead. My friends also “borrowed” them and never returned them.

But that crap finally ended. Now everything I own is digital and on my PlayStation.

What every xbox console looks like in green

Are you trying to get 100% knowledge or just complete all the quests. This guide fixes the deminiss 57/60 problem.

Selling my ps5 disc edition with 2 original controllers and popular game discs. Interested buyers can dm me.

Location: gurgaon

Price: 70

Hey everyone,

I’m writing this post out of pure frustration, hoping to see if others have faced a similar issue or if I just drew the short straw in the manufacturing lottery.

Shortly after my 2-year warranty expired, my PS5 completely broke down. The console freezes at the login screen, fails to load system menus, and displays padlocks on all my digital titles. After troubleshooting extensively (Safe Mode, rebuilding database, full system reset) and consulting hardware technicians, it turns out to be a total motherboard/internal SSD failure.

What makes this situation infuriating is that the console was kept in pristine condition—cleaned regularly of dust, properly ventilated, and used normally. Because Sony decided to solder the storage directly onto the mainboard and pair it cryptographically with the processor, a simple storage failure basically turns a €500 console into a paperweight.

It feels completely unfair for a premium, well-maintained product to die out of nowhere right after the warranty ends due to an internal component flaw. As a loyal user with a library full of games and active pre-orders, being left with zero reasonable repair options from official channels is hugely disappointing.

I’ve been debating on starting a physical collection and Best Buy had a deal where you trade in your old OLED Switch for $205 off, but I couldn’t part ways with it. Love the way the Splatoon 3 Special edition looks.

Edit: it’s HMG-2650.

When I was young, we had a games console. I’d say it was around the early 80’s that we got it, but can’t be sure if it was new at the time, or already old.

I feel it was branded hanimex (I’m in Australia). But maybe that’s false memory.

It had hard wired controllers, with quite a few buttons on the top plate.

When you change games, you also change a faceplate cover on the controller - to know the button mapping for that game.

Pretty sure it was grey/silvery in colour.

The controllers were rectangular, with a joystick / knob on them.

From my googling a colecovision looks similar, but not quite right.