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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by vel0city on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @10:36AM (#34519469)
> Though I could buy the Steam Deck now, I am eagerly waiting for Steam Deck 2 just to see if there are lessons-learned-improvements from the first iteration.

Just wait for the Steam Deck 3, where they'll solve all the problems that don't even exist yet on the Steam Deck 2. Or better yet, might just wait for the Steam Deck 5 just to make sure they've finally ironed out all the kinks.

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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by pixelbath on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @01:20PM (#34522077)
It's Valve; you know there will never be a third iteration.
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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by aesyondu on Friday January 27, 2023 @02:02AM (#34543429)
Not sure why you're so antagonistic. I don't know you or how you live your life, but as an unsolicited advice, perhaps you could have a moment of introspection. Cheers!
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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by vel0city on Friday January 27, 2023 @08:41AM (#34545857)
I will acknowledge my precious comment was a tad antagonistic, sorry.

I'm just saying, if it's something you want, it fits your needs today, and you've got the budget for it, just buy it. Don't wait for the "what if the next generation is better?", Because of course the next generation will probably be better, if it comes out. But this fits your needs well enough today, and it's something you want, and there will always be something newer supplanting whatever you buy in the future as well.

So if you're thinking you'll wait for the 2 because it'll be better than the original, why get the 2? Won't the 3 be better? And of course, the 4 will be better than the 3, so maybe you shouldn't buy the 3 but instead wait for the 4. But what if there's a 5th generation...

Why would I buy the iPhone of today, won't the one next year be faster? And the one the year after that be faster than next year? Why would I buy the one this year when there will probably be a better one available eventually?

I just never got this line of reasoning. Could you share why you'd wait for the 2, but not the 3?

Cheers!

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Re:How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine by Dylan16807 on Saturday January 28, 2023 @02:45AM (#34555977)
It's a very strong pattern that the gap between version one and version two is much bigger than anywhere else, with much bigger flaws existing and being fixed.

I'm very surprised that you don't seem to be aware of this, and treat it purely as n versus n+1.

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