Do you use your consoles for something other than gaming?

[PrismRed]

Who need smartphone when you have Vita?

 

[DjQuick2008]

Who need smartphone when you have Vita?

Still to this day have never played the vita i need to get one

 

[Shihainin]

The ol' Wii U is the go to for YouTube on the TV, when I wanna watch on there. I have a ton of uh...CD players as well if you know what I mean, but my PC is the go to for Audio and Blu Ray discs. I could just plug in a long HDMI cable from the PC to the TV, but that's too much work.

 

[amirfor]

I use my Sega Saturn to play music. I buy CDs and was listening to Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. I always played music on my PS1, so this was a no brainer when I got a Saturn recently. My dreamcasts are modded, so my only SEGA console that can read CDs is my Saturn.

PS3 is the movie player, arguably better than the PS4.

 

[pingugaming]

my PS3 slim was my media center. i used it to play games, watch dvd - blurays - some youtube videos and listen to music discs. i loved that console

 

[Pjira]

My PS4 I use to stream video/watch physical media, the rest I only use to play games. Before PS4 it was the same for PS3.

 

[Onionstarz]

I still use a modded WII as a dvd player it's multi-region, no menu restrictions so can skip anything with no copy protection its perfect.

 

[TacoMeister]

I remember using my PS2 as a DVD player, my PSP as a music player and I also remember burning a lot of my CDs on my 360 so I could play with my favorite albums as background music. I was really impressed with that feature.

Nowadays, the only non-gaming use I have for my consoles is music streaming and even then It's only so I can play while listening to music with headphones...

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

I remember using my PS2 as a DVD player, my PSP as a music player and I also remember burning a lot of my CDs on my 360 so I could play with my favorite albums as background music. I was really impressed with that feature.

Nowadays, the only non-gaming use I have for my consoles is music streaming and even then It's only so I can play while listening to music with headphones...

It was so handy having that feature on 360. It was good to have the option for RPG grinding, games with little to no voiced dialogue, or that had kinda boring sound design.

 

[TacoMeister]

It was so handy having that feature on 360. It was good to have the option for RPG grinding, games with little to no voiced dialogue, or that had kinda boring sound design.

Yeah, that's a feature I'm glad every console has, nowadays.

 

[Sheepy765]

I use my PS2 as a DVD player often, it’s how I first watched Rango.

 

[ThunderBoy]

Back in the day, I watched hundreds of movies on the PS2 and PSP.

 

[DjQuick2008]

my PS3 slim was my media center. i used it to play games, watch dvd - blurays - some youtube videos and listen to music discs. i loved that console

completely forgot the ps3 can do music cds as well thanks for reminder

 

[qw90700]

Who need smartphone when you have Vita?

PS Vita used to be able to make a phone call and technically it was the best gamer "phone" around lol.

"Don't call me when I'm in the middle of a boss fight in Freedom Wars for hours, bitch!!!" lolol

 

[DjQuick2008]

does a vita have sim card capability then?

 

[qw90700]

does a vita have sim card capability then?

Nope. Sim card is not necessarily needed for it. For PS Vita there used to be a functioning Skype service that allowed you to call phones for a fee until Microsoft killed it. Nowadays you can make a phone call via Microsoft Teams but it is not supported on PS Vita.

"Boss your daughter refuses to come with me so I can take her to you because she says she wanna hang out with her boyfriends, so may I go to a hospital instead because my arms looks so weird WTF happening to my veins? Please don't fire me because of this, I need money to pay for my hospital fees" lolol

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

Im watching Blue-rays , youtube and movies on the web with my ps4 .

My DVD-movies are used for my trusty old modded classic xbox because the Interface for it is much better to use and the picture quality is maintained while on the ps4 it ruins the picture quality from thw DVD-movies thanks to its way too high resolution capabilities .

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

I used my PS4 for YouTube and DvDs/Bluerays outside of gaming on it but that's about it for extra-gamular activities on my consoles.

 

[DrunkGecko]

I used my 3DS for porn all the time as a kid

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

I used my Wii for web surfing back in the day.

Years later I would get an XOne that I will use for many many years (mostly Halo). It has been somewhat retired to become the center app device in the living room, just like Mattrick wanted.

I still rock some MW3 or Halo from time to time, but mostly Disney+ for my nephew, or Cruchyroll with my brother. Sometimes even some Blueray show even.

 

[ZombieFish]

I used my dreamcast as my sole means of accessing the internet for awhile. It wasn't ideal.

Tell me about it. Porn on dial-up is bad enough, but try navigating it with a DC controller… Not that I ever did that…

 

[bjork]

Tell me about it. Porn on dial-up is bad enough, but try navigating it with a DC controller… Not that I ever did that…

Shit, I did. It had a zoom-in button and I was a healthy single fella

 

[DjQuick2008]

Nope. Sim card is not necessarily needed for it. For PS Vita there used to be a functioning Skype service that allowed you to call phones for a fee until Microsoft killed it. Nowadays you can make a phone call via Microsoft Teams but it is not supported on PS Vita.
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"Boss your daughter refuses to come with me so I can take her to you because she says she wanna hang out with her boyfriends, so may I go to a hospital instead because my arms looks so weird WTF happening to my veins? Please don't fire me because of this, I need money to pay for my hospital fees" lolol

Never used skype my dad used it a lot to video call family i dont even think skype exists now

 

[qw90700]

Never used skype my dad used it a lot to video call family i dont even think skype exists now

Yes, Microsoft killed it for Microsoft Teams lol.

 

[DjQuick2008]

Yes, Microsoft killed it for Microsoft Teams lol.

only time ive used that microsoft teams is scammers posing as women ffs. im wise to most scams online netflix got me but it was south americans getting easy cartel money i did a bit of digging on them.