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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by kalleboo on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:18PM (#24152452)
> Nobody ever bought a nintendo NES to use as a personal computing device

Although interestingly, the Japanese console makers have continually tried to push the computer/development angle.

When the NES was released in Japan before the US, it was branded the "Family Computer" and you could get a keyboard and a version of BASIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_BASIC

Sony has had multiple attempts, with a consumer homebrew dev kit for the PS1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Yaroze ), and Linux for the PS2 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_2 ) and later PS3.

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Re:Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store by jchw on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:59PM (#24152750)
Yep, those are pretty cool and also make it more sad that video game consoles continue to go down this road of lockdown.

Of course Sony also had OtherOS on PS3. It's a bit sad it ended the way that it did.

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