Comment on The Xbox 360 came out 20 years ago

• yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Muaddib@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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

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