Re:How Microsoft attempted to make the Xbox 360 dashboard lo...
by cnasc on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @04:00PM
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> I'm fuzzy on the history but I do believe online play was embraced by Microsoft far before Sony or the others.
XBox had online play by default, Sony and Nintendo required you to buy a peripheral. As a footnote, I think the Dreamcast (1998) was probably the first console that came with a modem by default, and an optional broadband adapter.
> Sony/Nintendo had their popular portable systems - designed for offline play.
XBox had online play by default, Sony and Nintendo required you to buy a peripheral. As a footnote, I think the Dreamcast (1998) was probably the first console that came with a modem by default, and an optional broadband adapter.
> Sony/Nintendo had their popular portable systems - designed for offline play.
PSP had wifi built-in.