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The Switch is exactly what a console should be. 100% portable, but easy to throw up on your TV. It’s underpowered now, yes..... but I see the future, and this is the experience I want..... and each new version will beef up on hardware. You can have the most overpowered PC for gaming in the world..... but what good is it when you’re not at your desk?

iOS and the Apple suite of products work better for most people. This is is a tech blog full of people that enjoy the endless customization and 'freedom' that android offers... but that's not most people. It's a phone. People just want it to 'work' and sync with all their stuff automatically without having to be a tech person. What can you really do on an android that you can't on an iPhone? And how many of those do most people actually need or care about? Everyone in my family has and loves their iPhones. Many will be day 1 purchasers of the new X. Anyone that has ever used iMessage knows how annoying it is to have to text with an Android person that triggers the green bubbles for SMS. I've used a galaxy s8. Tech specs might be higher, but I would not say the "experience" is better than the latest iPhone. iOS just works better.

Real life BAT COMPUTER Hello Linus, I enjoyed your latest video: "World’s Most AMAZING Desk PC – 16K GAMING BUILD LOG" ... and it got me thinking what could be done with that. With the new Justice League movie coming out.... please do a build of your idea of what a real life bat computer would be. Lots of screens. Lots of stuff going on at once. ie: CNN always playing on 1 screen. Security cameras always playing on another screen. All while being able to run investigative apps at supercomputer speeds on other screens. With one big touch screen to interface with all of it.

The game is no joke. You can watch on YouTube every week exactly what they're doing. To me, needing a high-end rig to run it is not a deal breaker.... it's the point. Why else would we care about speccing out a great machine without great content to really flex it? Let them take their time and do it right. There is nothing else like it.

It's looking like late-July now for 3.0 to come out? Yes? Anyone think this game will be finished before the end of next year? With 300+ devs... they should be able to make it work, I'd hope.

It really just seems to me that 99% of what I really need is just a new XBox... casual gaming to compliment my work MacBook Pro. The only thing that leaves out is Star Citizen... which of course is PC only (and I understand why)... so to spec out a new $2k+ or $3k+ machine just to run that would be a big commitment just to use it for that one game. I think I will wait until next year when it finally comes out (hopefully)... and I'll see what new PC hardware/pricing is at that time. It does seem like the kind of game that you get hooked into for hundreds of hours easily.

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Like I said, since I use my MacBook for work and personal stuff (photos, web, etc).... I'm looking to buy this purely a gaming machine. XBox X would be just fine for me except 1) it won't play Star Citizen which would really like and 2) I do like the idea of being able to un-tether from the TV and play with the laptop screen when I want. Just seems to me to be a natural next-step for the Apple TV and iPad products... owning the rights to all the Mario-type games would be perfect for their customer base.

I'd like to buy a new gaming rig. I've always been a casual gamer. When I was a kid I did PC gaming + Nintendo 64... In college I had a PlayStation 2... then didn't get back into I think until 2011ish when I bought an XBox 360... and then an XBox One when it came out.Since I got married, I gave away my Xbox One and all the games to a kid in my office. Wife wasn't a fan of me gaming in the living room. I have a bit more free-time now, and the wife has relaxed. So I want to get a new rig. Option 1 - Easy way out... just wait for the new XBox One X that's coming out later this year. Supposed to cost about $500.Option 2 - Get a gaming PC. I'm actually leaning towards a gaming laptop that I can plug into my tv via hdmi when I want, and still play with an XBox controller. Gives me more portability too in that I can just play on the laptop screen when the wife is watching the tv, or I could take it to my office.Obviously a PC is much more expensive. I'd want something like this @ $3500:Digital Storm Harker Custom Gaming LaptopMost games I'd play are on Xbox, but not all. I'm particularly following the development of Star Citizen... that looks amazing... and will be PC only.I still worry though that a $3500 PC is overkill for what I'd use it for vs a $500 XBox.... I'd use it ONLY as a gaming console. (I use a MacBook Pro all day for work + personal computing)...All that said, as a side bar, I wonder where the gaming biz is going in general. It seems like the next gen stuff will be a lot more VR type experiences. I really like the new Nintendo's approach with the switch. It basically merges an iPad with a console. It would be exactly the experience I want in terms of casual couch gaming without always needing to use the TV... but it wouldn't have all the games I like to play on it. I'm more of a GTA 5 and Forza Horizon 3 kinda player... not Mario Kart.I'm actually REALLY surprised that Apple hasn't bought Nintendo. To me that would be a perfect marriage. They could integrate the "Switch" gaming and content into all future iPad's and Apple TV's... that's the perfect audience for them. For Microsoft. I'm surprised that they haven't done more to merge the XBox world with PC gaming. For example, why can't you just pop an XBox disk into a Windows 10 pc and play it with an XBox controller? I just feel like those should work together much better than they do. They would own the market of PC gamers if the Xbox was more of a seamless extension rather than a separate experience. For Sony and the PlayStation. They are doing great as they are... but what is the future for them?? If Apple bought Nintendo and Microsoft fully merged the Windows and XBox worlds.... I could see PlayStation being an acquisition target for Google. (or even Facebook since they have expressed gaming interest with buying Oculus Rift)