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Gaming consoles are no longer just gaming consoles. They’re also web browsers (albeit inferior ones) and media consumption machines (music and movies).

One could even argue that they’re media creation machines, with the presence of RPG Maker (and a few other pieces of software I can’t recall the names of at the moment).




Interesting point.

That being said, the only uses I've seen consoles used for are gaming and media consumption. I know there's web browsers on there, but I don't think I've ever actually seen one used.

As for media creation, I don't know. There's certainly an argument to be made for it, but I don't know where playing a game stops and making a game begins.


Some people make a living broadcasting livestreams exclusively from consoles. I think that counts as "media creation."


I know people who do use them over a computer




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