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The Xbox 360 came out 20 years ago (lemmy.world)
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The Xbox 360 just had it's 20th anniversary. I'm not sure how I feel about it as a console today as most of the games are available on pc with only a few exclusives. I guess most of the nostalgia will be from playing online, which I never got the chance to do.

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[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

most of the nostalgia will be from playing online

It is. We'll never get that feeling back. It was a whole vibe and now its over.

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What was so different about it compared to now? I only played SFV online.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Basically everyone had a microphone because they came with the console. People actually spoke in the lobbies, party chat was rare and discord wasnt a thing yet. There was an excitement around it because its all fairly new, and pro gamer / content creator / videogame influencer etc didnt exist as career paths. Most vocal people were still racist x-phobic slur-slinging hate-jockeys, but everybody was there purely to have fun.

Lots of tiny tiny differences that by themselves are inconsequential, but added up to something big.

[–] Muaddib@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 days ago

After a match you could press a button to play again with the same people. You'd make friends by meeting together in game and deciding to party up

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

We'll never get that feeling back.

What are you talking about? Console gamers still need to pay to play online!

Source I am a console gamer :(