you take it off and it's a general purpose/gaming laptop

that's the kind of stuff I think they might be looking at doing

I thought Valve was going to do that with steam consoles 5 years ago, but I think it's pretty finnicky. The average consumer doesn't want something like that

the issue with Valve trying was that it was linux based and finnicky because it was a company with no experience

MS has experience making consoles, they also have experience making a very successful line of laptops and tablets

I think either MS will switch gears and sort of fold Xbox into the Surface brand in a way, or we might see some crazy reverse shit happen like 10 years out

where the custom ARM chips MS is testing in some of their tablets get good enough that they basically make an Xbox that's a Switch

It kinda feels like they're gearing up for a total streaming console, with the S

I mean I guess that's what it is basically

you just download the titles instead of streaming them

right now

eh that's nothing new

there's a big difference between that and a full streaming console

full streaming consoles can't and won't catch on until the underlying infrastructure can support it

right I mean they might just market it that way in the future

$300, turn it on, title screen of any game in 10 seconds

that'll depend on infrastructure

console makers have no say in the matter

not even Google has a say in the matter

the cable companies have even Google by the balls on that particular subject

wow

think about it

have you heard anything about Stadia since it's flop of a launch?

no

because not even Google can beat Comcast

yeah but we could smell that stinker

for the exact reason I said

doesn't matter what crazy tech you use

when do you think the tech will be possible

when we bust up telecom monopolies/duopolies spawned by a creative game of carving up maps, getting local governments to secure your monopolization of their town, and in places where they can't do that, cutting deals with apartment complex owners

I don't think that's ever gonna happen

it depends

Google did give them a small kick in the ass

but it only helps areas that have at least one fiber optic internet provider

because Google did their Google Fiber shit, and in towns where they coexisted with Verizon, Verizon suddenly started offering gigabit internet for the same price

in my area, we have verizon, so that means I get cheap gigabit internet now

wondering how this is gonna workout for MS

if the PS5 digital edition is even $400, I don't see MS winning this one

$300 is very competitive

but digi only?

not for me