@Heavyarms55 I suppose that's a valid concern or thought, especially what with Microsoft now moving more and more towards a "Games as a Service" model, with most of their exclusives also available on Windows 10, so you might as well stick a gaming PC to your main TV instead of a console, but there's still enough variation in games on both Xbox and PlayStation that you will probably never see on PC, and for me personally, it's also the "feel" of it.
I also play games on PC sometimes, mainly soccer games, a couple of shooters and puzzle games, and maybe the odd racing game, but because my PC is on a desk, with the accompanying chair, it's just not the same as sitting on a couch with a wireless controller and relaxing and playing on the big TV. And while I do have an "Xbox 360 controller for Windows", it's wired, so that's a difference too. I used to have a wireless one with a dongle, but that stopped working at some point, and isn't compatible with later versions of Windows.
And that's obviously another thing with PC's: compatibility, upgrades, patches and so on, and so on. If I want to play a game, I just want to boot up the machine, grab a controller, go into my games collection and start up a game. That takes more work on a PC. Once you've finally got it all working as it's supposed to, it runs just fine, but all the stuff you have to do BEFORE it gets to that point, is what often annoys me.
And far as my personal experience is concerned, my PC is an aging one, and was only ever meant to be a work at home PC, so it's not really a game PC. I can run most last gen games, so from the Xbox 360 era, and some smaller games from more recent years, but that's about it. I have a 1.6Mhz dual core, running Windows 7 Premium, but just barely, so sometimes, because of all the underlying services and OS running in the background, games can slow down to a crawl, so that's also not really all that ideal, making me have to close all kinds of processes in task manager first, before I can get back into whatever game I'm playing at the moment.
@Anti-Matter I've got 7 consoles hooked up to TWO TVs. I win...
@Heavyarms55 By the way: which HDMI hubs have you tried? I've bought some duds as well, in the past, but I've got one now from Amazon, with 5 ports, and that works just fine. But it doesn't just depend on the hub itself, but also on the cables and sometimes even on the TV itself, so it all depends on your setup.
Either way, I'd always buy a new HDMI cable to go along with the hub, instead of using one that you already own, regardless of whether or not it seems to work properly.
@Heavyarms55 Thankfully Ultra Sun threw enough trainers at me (and I got sidetracked enough) to make Tyranitar before the E4 more than possible, plus I made it a point to favor using Pupitar. I think it finally evolved on Poni Island. Same feelings on Hydreigon. Which is a shame as it's one of my favorite dragon types. I'm still trying to find a Deino in PoGo....
Mareep & co. are my favorite electric types to come out of Gen 2; I usually make it a point to use an Ampharos if it can be obtained pre-E4. I like their shiny forms as well, though I've never been fortunate enough to find one lol. Love the story about Smexy. XD Definitely a keeper for sure!
I wouldn't say Araquanid is my all-time favorite bug type, but it's pretty far up there. Wonderful design, useful ability, and overall decent coverage. I just wish Dewpider wasn't so meh, but thankfully it evolves somewhat early. Rowlet's line is actually my favorite Gen 7 starter line (picked it in Sun), though Litten & co. are a close second. I like Lurantis and felt like it had some utility and interesting coverage options, but it is somewhat slow and, as a pure grass type, deals with a lot of common weaknesses.
The Zoom party last night was fun. It took a bit for everyone to find a rhythm and not all talk at once, but after that; it was smooth sailing. We were on for over two hours, and there were a lot of non printable jokes. It felt good to hang out and make light of our situations.
@ThanosReXXX - STILL haven’t seen the Direct, and I’ve been stuck in the basement all day working on the reclamation project. I found some petrified dog poop in a dark corner of a seldom used room. Think I’ll put it in my pocket and sell it to Tom Nook later.
@1UP_MARIO Well, there you go, @Heavyarms55, now you know of at least two people that can vouch for this particular HDMI Switch...
And that's a neat setup indeed, @1UP_MARIO. I wish I had something like that, but for the moment, there's other purposes for my budget, and in the current situation, even that isn't really important. First we need to get out of this whole virus thing, and then we'll see.
@bimmy-lee Well, seeing as it's now a recorded video online, you can go and see it whenever you've got the time, so if real world things take precedence, then so be it. But if you do have 28 minutes to spare tonight, then I'd definitely give it a watch...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@Link-Hero I have a feeling that it came in the box with the TV, because it looks like it belongs to the TV, not like some third party peripheral, but I suppose @1UP_MARIO will be able to put us out of our misery, where that question is concerned...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@1UP_MARIO Oh, wait: he meant the cabinet. I already figured that was from IKEA.
I thought he meant the foot the TV was standing on.
This virus outbreak is seriously messing with my accuracy radar...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
Decided I'm not waiting til April 1st for animal crossing since im nearly done with Owlboy. Went to the Wal-Mart by me to grab it and it was sold out. There's another walmart a little further that supposedly has stock. Giving it another shot and if not, I guess ill play next week 😋
@ThanosReXXX - Wow, I didn’t know it was recorded and filed. It makes sense since it’s basically a business conferencing app. The invites for the meetings come from the guy’s corporate accounts. Zoom has to be exploding at the moment. I think it’s already become a verb in our national lexicon.
@NintendoByNature - Awesome! I’ve become mildly obsessed with it. Hope you guys enjoy it as much as we are. You’re invited to my island as soon as you can get there.
@NintendoByNature Yessssss! What @bimmy-lee said applies from me, too. I’ve about tackled all my evening things, so I’ll be veggin out and opening my town in a few moments for probably the remainder of the evening. Unless I’m on a mystery island.
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@HobbitGamer@bimmy-Lee noooice!!! Sweet I'm going to try and finish up Owlboy soon so I can start my AC tutorial. Once i feel like I'm at a decent spot I'll let you both know.
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