Sometimes it's better to ask an unreasonable amount than to just say no. There's this drama going on or went on last week where some famous person wanted to buy a store's mascot and they gave her an unreasonable price thinking she couldn't pay it. They then jacked it up. They don't wanna say no but they aren't gonna part with their mascot. Xbox didn't wanna say no, so they just said "sure we'll do it for 800M" and Netflix got to look like the bad guy.

If the Xbox Helix plays Steam games, I might consider it at $1500. I don't want a Windows computer. I don't mind an Xbox. But Xbox is making some other bad moves I don't like. Also Microsoft is behind a lot of the RAM prices (backing OpenAI/Nvidia). Then again, PlayStation has made themselves out to be the worst, though Microsoft/Xbox haven't thrown in the towel. Meanwhile Nintendo's just up to the same shit they've always been and are starting to look good to some people. Me with my Mac, I'm just happy people are using AI to port 360/PS3/Switch games to Mac (and presumably Linux and Windows eventually). We're the best for Switch 1 emulation because ARM64, so that's probably why it's starting here. 360 is a wash because nobody does PowerPC anymore. Mac used to... 20 years ago, and Rosetta only goes back to Intel, and that's going away next year. And yet somehow 360 is chugging ahead. Not to mention the softmod (bad avatar).