Comment on Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced

baines@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, I’ll give them some money to activate developer mode so I can install emulators on my Xbox. I don’t need emulators on my Xbox but it’s gonna sit there doing nothing otherwise because I’m not paying for Gamepass

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why? It doesn’t cost them anything to flip that bit on hardware that you own.

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    • LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If there’s a way to activate dev mode without paying them I don’t know about it

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Sorry, my comment wasn’t clear. I’m just saying that it’s total bullshit that they would charge for that.

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  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Huh? Just get an old Dell optiplex tower on Ebay or Craigslist and install Batocera on it. It’d probably cost a similar amount

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    • LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I already own an Xbox, there’s no earthly way that buying an old anything would be cheaper than paying the small developer mode activation charge for the console I already have (bought second hand a few years ago from a friend who had used it 3 times)

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• eatCasserole@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I kinda wish I had a gamepass subscription so I could enjoy cancelling it, but alas, I’ve already cancelled everything.

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