• @Carl@lemm.ee
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    241 month ago

    you can buy a piece of crap laptop for $250 but it won’t be able to play ANYTHING

    a thinkpad t490 can’t play anything new but it can play quite a bit. I play emulators on mine.

    • @Aggravationstation@feddit.uk
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      1 month ago

      True, but most modern games are focused on online play and very few are cross platform. So if a kid’s friends are playing one particular console they’re going to want one too.

    • @admin@sh.itjust.works
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      11 month ago

      A brand new T490 was over 900 bucks retail depending on the specs, and a used one is still less cost effective than, let’s say, a used PS3 or PS4…