10 Most USELESS Things to Have as a Gamer

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024

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  • @roberthoople
    @roberthoople 2 года назад +373

    Same goes for Ninendo's self-destructing points, except that Ninendo is constantly reminding you by email that you have useless points you can't really do anything useful with (partially because they've already expired by the time you go to buy a new game).

    • @nv1573
      @nv1573 2 года назад +3

      Yeah I got the points from my switch games, about 5 and I think I had like 2 dollar 50 off lol

    • @TheColdOne
      @TheColdOne 2 года назад +6

      It might only fit for people who have an unhealthy preference for playing games on the Switch. I don't get enough points to buy games often, but I've never had my gold points expire and have bought games under $10 multiple times (completely covered by my available Gold points). Usually these are indie games or anything around $20 or less on a steep sale.

    • @mrfuzzypaws
      @mrfuzzypaws 2 года назад

      So 96 cents was too much for Oxenfree?

    • @connerSphotography
      @connerSphotography 2 года назад

      Use them for free online g

    • @connerSphotography
      @connerSphotography 2 года назад

      New 60$ game = free Nintendo online

  • @EsmeAmelia
    @EsmeAmelia 2 года назад +693

    I actually enjoy using my Steam points to decorate my avatar with boarders and my profile with backgrounds. If they expanded the concept to where you could use your points for game discounts (although given how many Steam sales there are, that might be redundant, but you could use them on games that aren't put on sale often), it would probably get more love.

    • @Rock1290T
      @Rock1290T 2 года назад +14

      Same

    • @goatslayer3160
      @goatslayer3160 2 года назад +8

      Just make it not stack with regular sales.

    • @SevCaswell
      @SevCaswell 2 года назад +12

      The only thing I have ever used my nearly 70k steam points on is giving awards to reviews, guides etc. Something I do fairly often which is how I know I have almost 70k points as you see your balance every time you buy an award.

    • @times.new.ramen.
      @times.new.ramen. 2 года назад +4

      You could actually do that many years ago

    • @udalix
      @udalix 2 года назад +27

      Also SOOOO much easier to get to the points shop than made to believe here. Hover Store and there you go, you get instant access to it.

  • @G4System
    @G4System 2 года назад +110

    0:22 Number 10 - Steam Point
    1:58 Number 9 - Bethesda launcher
    3:22 Number 8 - Wii Sports and Switch Sports Accessories Nintendo
    4:27 Number 7 - Ghost Recon Breakpoint
    6:08 Number 6 - Nintendo Switch Box
    7:16 Number 5 - Lifetime Subscriptions
    8:52 Number 4 - Ouya
    10:20 Number 3 - Unmodded Original Xbox
    11:44 Number 2 - Hipshotdot
    12:49 Number 1 - Vertical Keyboard

    • @ThePman007
      @ThePman007 2 года назад +5

      I don't care about any of this mess but I'm still watching lol 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @mitrolltv
      @mitrolltv 2 года назад +3

      I see a lot of #8 at disc replay and gamestop.

    • @rdreeves2332
      @rdreeves2332 2 года назад

      Bump

    • @ericb3157
      @ericb3157 2 года назад

      oh, #4 reminded me of a review of Ouya by Rerez:
      IF you have a REALLY fast connection it's ok, but if you don't, EVERY game has EXTREME input lag!

    • @achtsekundenfurz7876
      @achtsekundenfurz7876 2 года назад +3

      And Number #0: unskippable ads -- do companies really expect that people buy their crud if the company paid extra just to annoy the viewers???

  • @stanettiels7367
    @stanettiels7367 2 года назад +207

    Number six, the empty box, is so insidious it’s unreal, in my opinion. The direction the gaming industry wants/wanted to go is clear. They don’t want us to own the games or to be able to trade used games (see EA for examples), they ultimately want us renting/paying a subscription for the games we play. That’s where we’re headed and seeing Ubisofts business model beginning to fail gives me hope.

    • @mmcmullen7411
      @mmcmullen7411 2 года назад +17

      I'll always buy physical. It's usually cheaper for older games anyway. I mean... Aren't physical games a way to own your games? That's what people claim nfts are good for

    • @SlayerRunefrost
      @SlayerRunefrost 2 года назад +9

      Physical Media 4 Life. I love my physical game collection.

    • @stanettiels7367
      @stanettiels7367 2 года назад +6

      @@mmcmullen7411
      I always buy physical. Every time.

    • @stanettiels7367
      @stanettiels7367 2 года назад

      @@SpectralSlayer7
      What do you mean?

    • @MrHelpmeoprah
      @MrHelpmeoprah 2 года назад +3

      It’s more disgusting seeing people insist that owning a digital only console means they can afford to waste money!

  • @SpotableOcean
    @SpotableOcean 2 года назад +213

    steam points really isn't that buried as it's right there as a drop down option when you hover over the store tab but it is quite nice to spend them on profile customizing sometimes

    • @lordvague
      @lordvague 2 года назад +5

      also with steam levels, they aren't useless as well. If you have a higher steam level, you appear higher up on your friend's lists.

    • @Gulyus
      @Gulyus 2 года назад +5

      @@lordvague Also, Steam levels gives +5 max friends to your list per level, IIRC.

    • @gisellegrey5343
      @gisellegrey5343 2 года назад +4

      I always love changing my profile once in a while so I appreciate the steam points and concidering they're not hard to get I don't find them useless

    • @giannisksanthopoulos4300
      @giannisksanthopoulos4300 2 года назад +1

      Exactly..those points are useless.
      Making your avatar looking something else isnt that kind of a change… Thats why those points are useless

    • @johnwrath3612
      @johnwrath3612 2 года назад +1

      I have like 200 games on steam and I never even really noticed that this feature even existed. I’m sure I’ve seen it before but it just never even registered in my brain.

  • @SuperKnight106
    @SuperKnight106 2 года назад +203

    Steam levels are actually useful for one thing: detecting hackers. If you are suspicious of someone cheating and their steam profile is level 1/its the only game they have, its a pretty good bet they are hacking and you should report them.

    • @bimmer8602
      @bimmer8602 2 года назад +3

      Private accounts are shown as level 0 but that can also be sus

    • @SuperKnight106
      @SuperKnight106 2 года назад +3

      @@bimmer8602 and it tells you if they go private

    • @udalix
      @udalix 2 года назад +23

      @@SuperKnight106 What does wanting your info private have to do with cheating? Mines set to friends only cause why does everyone else need to know anymore than my username?

    • @JustPablo5000
      @JustPablo5000 2 года назад

      Thanks. Gonna tell my friend to create a bot that detects and reports that.

    • @SuperKnight106
      @SuperKnight106 2 года назад +4

      @@udalix cheaters often hide their profile so you cant see they are level 1 with 20 hours in the game. Its not a thing in of itself, but if you are suspicious of someone and they are private, its more suspicious

  • @Ryoku25
    @Ryoku25 2 года назад +151

    I like the steam points. It allows you to have a much more personal steam profile, than it ever has in the past years. I agree it's "useless", but it's also just the little details.

    • @Hoodied
      @Hoodied 2 года назад +4

      It *used to be useless* but it's pretty great now. It's definitely not a hidden feature either

    • @irishlegend4756
      @irishlegend4756 2 года назад +4

      I don't think i'd call personalisation of your profile useless.

    • @deadbrothers5356
      @deadbrothers5356 2 года назад

      @@irishlegend4756 me too its cool and fun atleast i feel it is

    • @frostieschocopop
      @frostieschocopop 2 года назад +1

      @@Hoodied I'm puzzled at them saying that they are buried somewhere. They are literally in your face everywhere. Same thing with your profile.

    • @tippyc2
      @tippyc2 2 года назад

      I dont get why people waste their time personalizing a profile. I never even cared enough to upload a profile pic to steam. Like im not even trying to be an ass here or anything, but what's the point? I just wanna play the games

  • @doarner
    @doarner 2 года назад +24

    Steam points were useful once when they could be exchanged for discounts, some events like Summer Sale were the thing if you had enough of those when you could exhcange them for a bigger percent less on any game, then Gabe realized that wasn't profitable and they turned into the useless points we have now.
    Good for decorating your profile if there is any good thing to buy, most if not all games have bad designs, you get better decoration on Pinterest.

    • @chamoo232
      @chamoo232 2 года назад +2

      They probably removed any real money value that the points could have because every big sale event always end up with some exploits that people can abuse. The Spiffing Brit made many videos about those.

  • @GeoShed
    @GeoShed 2 года назад +176

    I actually love the concept of steam points. It has huge potential, and they've slowly added better things to it. Breakpoint already didn't get the love it deserved, and adding NFTs was like throwing extra dirt on the grave. It terms of the OG Xbox, it's sad to see it fade away. I wish they would bite the bullet, and re-release the console.

    • @SevCaswell
      @SevCaswell 2 года назад +3

      When a friend of mine died, I 'inherited' his xbox. (He had left it with me while he was in jail.) The only games I had for it were his of course and he was an fps nut and I am an RPG geek, so I never played it and decided to sell it when I was struggling for money. Something which I kinda regretted because I have kept all of the other consoles I have ever owned, but now I know that it would be broken now even if I had kept it I don't feel so bad.
      (I have some other stuff that belonged to him that was more personal too, so it wasn't the only reminder.)

    • @GeoShed
      @GeoShed 2 года назад

      @tiggy wiggo Pretty sure that was an April Fools joke

    • @mikejett2733
      @mikejett2733 2 года назад +1

      I would like them to fix & re release the 360

    • @GeoShed
      @GeoShed 2 года назад +2

      @@mikejett2733 That would be cool as long as they keep the OG dashboard. The modern look just isn't unique when everyone does it

    • @duardo_bru
      @duardo_bru 2 года назад

      When ubisoft added this nft thing into breakpoint, I was just starting to play that game and it was fun so I embarked on that train. But on the day they said they would be releasing the first nft, when I tried to take mine, I just couldnt, and the reason was because there was a LIMIT of only 2 thousand :) same next day whit the next equipment plus you had to have 600 hrs of gameplay or something like that..... I dont just uninstalled that whole nft bs but also lost my joy of playing that game.

  • @Nakna_ankaN
    @Nakna_ankaN 2 года назад +36

    Thanks for the reminder about the Xbox clock capacitor. Opened it up and it hadn't blown yet, wiggled it back and forth until it broke off, cleaned that part of the motherboard with isopropyl alcohol just in case. Reassembled it and it booted right up.
    Probably hadn't used it for 10+ years and have no plans to do so any time soon, but at least now it won't be bricked because of the faulty cap.

    • @TheRealSpeedWolf
      @TheRealSpeedWolf 2 года назад

      I got mine in storage in its original box and only played it once when I bought it and left it in the box. It is brand-new, basically, just a broken seal when it was opened when you purchased it, but that sucks. Hopefully the capacitor is OK. Despite not using it for more than 20 years, I also have a PlayStation 3 in the box. I wonder if I have to check anything in that I only used it like twice.

    • @Austin-gj7zj
      @Austin-gj7zj 2 года назад +1

      @@TheRealSpeedWolf unfortunately it doesn't have much to do with how much you use it, it's only a matter of time. Eventually the electronic components will need to be replaced.

  • @TheLeetCasualGamer
    @TheLeetCasualGamer 2 года назад +23

    I bought the special Mario Odyssey Switch
    What I expected, a physical copy of Mario Odyssey. What I got, a slip of paper with a download code. Joycons were pretty cool though until they broke.

  • @z3rotollranc3
    @z3rotollranc3 2 года назад +21

    I was taught not to look at my fingers when I type, but I'm only able to do that after years of practice and muscle memory. But how in the world does that vertical keyboard not slide all over the desk like you're playing a one player game of pong? I don't see suction cups, it must be quite heavy to even be useable, even to just keep it from rocking back and forth across the table as you type.

    • @Greenwood4727
      @Greenwood4727 2 года назад +1

      same here 30 years of typing muscle memory, on the old typewriters as well

    • @doginhat13
      @doginhat13 2 года назад +1

      Honestly seems a hell of a lot more comfortable than a normal keyboard

    • @ftniceberg874
      @ftniceberg874 2 года назад +1

      Probably rubber feet like normal keyboards use.

  • @dbadaddy7386
    @dbadaddy7386 2 года назад +6

    I like how GOG does its launcher - you don't need to use it in order to play their games, but it does something useful like keeping your games updated. Buying the games separate from a launcher is user friendly, because it then requires the launcher to provide actual value beyond merely allowing you to play your game.

  • @vidoxi
    @vidoxi 2 года назад +11

    the keyboard would actually be pretty useful to people who have carpal tunnel/repetitive strain injury. it's easier on your wrists to be at that other position. i switched to a vertical mouse and it helps a lot.

    • @Greenwood4727
      @Greenwood4727 2 года назад +2

      I was trained as a professional typist, and i know touch typing so its not too bad an idea for that as for a normal typist you have to use certain fingers its just moving your hands from horizontal to vertical. so for professionals it did make some sense#

    • @robertharvilla4881
      @robertharvilla4881 2 года назад +1

      It's nothing but a torture device designed to see how painful it is to hold your hands over your desk unsupported for hours on end. Go ahead and hold your hands about a foot apart above your desk and see how long you last.

    • @midnightrizer
      @midnightrizer 2 года назад

      @@Greenwood4727 the wrists are not rested on desk if they are that is a wrong positron.

  • @djvelocity
    @djvelocity 2 года назад +60

    This is such a fascinating list! *I didn’t know like 8 of these things existed* 😳😮

  • @HeavyMetalAlpha
    @HeavyMetalAlpha 2 года назад +28

    I've never seen our hard work pay off so much. I'm so happy to see more animated falcon express my exact sentiments about the good and bad of these lists. And Falcon is sounding like himself again. 👌

  • @bigbenisdaman
    @bigbenisdaman 2 года назад +10

    Steam levels lets you have more showcases on profile, so kinda useful. Points is wallpapers/emotes/etc so kinda cool since you get em with any purchase.

    • @cericat
      @cericat 2 года назад

      Points can also now be spent to level up the showcases, ie your rarest achievements at level 3 has 15 shown off instead of just 5.

  • @nekolaiil
    @nekolaiil 2 года назад +12

    My brother bought a hipshot dot and I ended up using it for a while when he abandoned it. Play cod as a melee only with throwing knives was much easier with it. I'm sure a dot on my TV from a marker would serve the same purpose

    • @bullseye4089
      @bullseye4089 2 года назад

      Why tf would you use a marker on your tv?

    • @nekolaiil
      @nekolaiil 2 года назад +1

      @@bullseye4089 not like a permanent marker but something like a whiteboard marker. You can easily wipe it off with screen cleaner

    • @ftniceberg874
      @ftniceberg874 2 года назад +1

      @@bullseye4089 same reason people stuck tape all over their screens.

  • @Nobody_Fn_Important
    @Nobody_Fn_Important 2 года назад +7

    looking at the Ouya I can't help but think that if one was an artist you could decorate the outside with some graphics or add a figure on top to make a really interesting trophy or a statue for a decoration so it's not nearly useless, it has less cubic area than most consoles so if one is creative and it is legal they could go into business as an Ouya refurbishment (?) dealer

  • @shineeshaymin
    @shineeshaymin 2 года назад +17

    The Wii Wheel and Wii Zapper are actually really good, really helps me play Mario Kart and Call of Duty on the Wii but the rest... yeah, completely useless

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  2 года назад +1

      👍🏼

    • @RokushoTheRavager
      @RokushoTheRavager 2 года назад +1

      I agree, I always played Mario Kart Wii with the Wii Wheel. It just felt weird without it.

    • @martinde-serres8724
      @martinde-serres8724 2 года назад +1

      we've played Mario Kart with regular controllers since day 1, why the fuck do we need a stupid plastic wheel to enjoy Mario Kart Wii ? that alone is pointless AND a waste of plastic

    • @daltongarrett7117
      @daltongarrett7117 2 года назад

      @@martinde-serres8724 yep rip sea life...

    • @shineeshaymin
      @shineeshaymin 2 года назад

      @@martinde-serres8724 dude it was a bundle that came with the game, you don't need it to play, but if you have it, why not use it? I like to play with the wheel but it you don't that's fine

  • @shoked99
    @shoked99 2 года назад +4

    Another gem. I feel a part 2 is warranted and probably part 3. I'm sure the GameBoy had a ton of crap made for it, like the magnifier.

    • @Nekomon42
      @Nekomon42 2 года назад +1

      The memories. I think both the Gameboy and Gameboy Advance had a magnifier attachment. Since I have some memories of playing games on a GBA that had one attached to it. It helped a bit with reading dialogue and what not, but messed with your eyes after a while.

  • @swayde1228
    @swayde1228 2 года назад +6

    Breakpoint was one of my biggest let downs, I was so excited for it after Wildlands was amazing.

  • @wolfsokaya
    @wolfsokaya 2 года назад +6

    For lifetime subs, the last i knows STO was still doing it and it wasnt such a bad thing.
    LotRO had a lifetime sub sale way back,when the studio owning it sold it to the next.
    Both of them offer a monthly ingame currency in the value of around 5 dollars and other benefits.

    • @Mandella5
      @Mandella5 2 года назад +1

      I get the feeling the gameranx crew don't care much for MMO's, and that's okay -- they are not everybody's thing. But, except for obvious duds like Hellgate, most games that went free to play kept subscription levels at varying degrees of being worth it. In both LOTRO and Secret World I felt I got my money's worth since my lifetime membership converted into full VIP subs. And while Secret World is pretty dead now (still online but not updating) LOTRO is still churning out new content and massive land areas.

    • @shawnwolf5961
      @shawnwolf5961 2 года назад +2

      I wish I'd gotten the lotro lifetime sub when it was a thing.

  • @SnakeEaterGaming
    @SnakeEaterGaming 2 года назад +1

    3:35 holy cow, this just unlocked a memory for me. When my mom bought us a Wii when I was a kid, she also got a deer hunting game, cabelas hunting game or something. And it came with an orange plastic gun for the controller. And that little plastic gun sat around collecting dust in the house for YEARS.

    • @cericat
      @cericat 2 года назад

      Would probably be either Cabela's Monster Buck Hunter or Cabela's Trophy Bucks. Both were on Wii, and strictly deer unlike most of their games.

  • @dragonriderabens9761
    @dragonriderabens9761 2 года назад +14

    I've heard good things about Hellgate: London for the most part
    I would try it, but I hear there is this really common bug that causes your frames to drop to 1FPS, and I do NOT want to deal with THAT

    • @foxernator
      @foxernator 2 года назад +1

      God me and my brother had a lot of fun playing that game back in the day

    • @bobpope3656
      @bobpope3656 2 года назад

      Do ppl still play this?

    • @Greenwood4727
      @Greenwood4727 2 года назад

      its on steam i have it its not bad

    • @CorpusOrganic
      @CorpusOrganic 2 года назад +1

      there is a workaround. a small file that needs to be added to a certain folder. i can't remember the file. it used to be on the main game forums. i think it was a amd issue. it was graphics card brand specific. pretty sure i had amd back then

  • @Magekind
    @Magekind 2 года назад +2

    Weirdly the most fun I've had in a Gameranx video in a while.

  • @Joreel
    @Joreel 2 года назад +3

    The lifetime subscription to LOTRO Online was actually a good thing and still is as you got free money every month along with other perks as well as the expansions when they came out and the new character classes that other people had to purchase.

    • @sherm4421
      @sherm4421 2 года назад

      same with sto. get zen every month and other perks.

  • @MrTerrorzone2012
    @MrTerrorzone2012 2 года назад +2

    I just love Falcon raging on weird products and stuff

  • @cozymonk
    @cozymonk 2 года назад +4

    instead of a marker and tape, I had a friend who was studying game design write a simple program that drew a red dot in the center of the screen on a system level, so it wasn't detected by anti cheat. The dot was drawn after each frame of the game by the windows UI system.

    • @brodriguez11000
      @brodriguez11000 2 года назад

      There are some monitors that come with a game crosshair one can activate. Works with every game.

  • @coorhagon7236
    @coorhagon7236 Год назад +3

    I've owned/sold around 12 original xbox consoles I've picked up at yard sales and such over the last 5 years. Every one powered up fine. The only problems I ever had was some disc drives wouldn't open without a disc in the drive.

  • @Primusaur
    @Primusaur 2 года назад +6

    as a gamer for life I must say the most useless thing I ever tried to maintain was a life.

  • @masteroogazooga
    @masteroogazooga 2 года назад +3

    I use steam points for showcases and my steam level for season badges. I get satisfaction from competing with family and friends with steam levels.

  • @BiohazardScott
    @BiohazardScott 2 года назад +3

    Number 3 not so, my friends and I still played Time Splitters sometimes in that old console. And seems like as long as you do not use discs it is not a big problem; and it emulates old games pretty well I have heard...

  • @irondennis1
    @irondennis1 2 года назад +6

    "I wonder if I can play Dark Souls with this"
    I''m 90% sure now someone will

    • @gameranxTV
      @gameranxTV  2 года назад +1

      😅

    • @zdanee
      @zdanee 2 года назад +1

      I think someone played Dark Souls with a banana and a bunch of resistors, not sure if this beats that.

  • @ARIXANDRE
    @ARIXANDRE 2 года назад +5

    Trophies and achievements..but I still love them!

  • @dpjinjo
    @dpjinjo 2 года назад +1

    Empty box usage : Something to wrap for birthdays and/or holidays that's more substantial than a card.

  • @JestaSaint
    @JestaSaint 2 года назад +5

    You know whats useless to gamers? Nfts.

  • @blindphotographer7636
    @blindphotographer7636 2 года назад +1

    Falcon reminds me of my older cousin, who introduced me to the best things in my life: Star Wars, Resident Evil, and Zelda. He is just a few years older, but his wisdom is that of a sage. Falcon is the Galdalf of Gameranx.

  • @niks660097
    @niks660097 2 года назад +3

    I love steam points, effects are so cool and even show in mini-profile...

  • @ids1024
    @ids1024 2 года назад +8

    I guess the game boxes with just a code are mostly so you can wrap them and give them as gifts? And so physical stores can have *something* to sell.
    It would actually be mildly interesting if they made half an effort to include a booklet of some kind with them (with music CDs, you at least expect the lyrics and a couple photos). But of course they don't.

    • @cericat
      @cericat 2 года назад

      It seems it was primarily aimed at people that only buy physical honestly, there's a lot of people who still don't trust credit cards online at all for a start. Of course for the people who insist on physical media it's a slap in the face.

  • @spartan-sg6898
    @spartan-sg6898 2 года назад +1

    I don't think I've ever heard Falcon as annoyed with the literal existence of a product more than that keyboard and it's hilarious

  • @predator9659
    @predator9659 2 года назад +5

    14:01 is actually trueee bruhh. A friend of mine actually bought this and tried completing darksouls with it tho if I remember correctly the keyboard is still sitting in his store room 😂

  • @koloth5139
    @koloth5139 2 года назад +2

    Thing with that last keyboard is that you can adjust and build new muscle memory. We see this over and over whenever someone tries to prove the Devorak keyboard is better. Most people are familiar with the qwerty keyboard, so they struggle with Devorak at first until they get used to it and start to speed up. Pretty much matching their speeds on qwerty. Ultimately it is debatable that Devorak is better, but since qwerty is the standard, it really isn't worth debating. Everywhere you go you will find qwerty keyboards; it isn't worth the time to switch. As for the weird ergo keyboard I don't doubt given time you could learn to use it effectively. I actually loved my old ergo keyboard, the bent in the middle style. It only took me maybe a week to get used to it. But it just isn't worth it since I don't have that at work, or on my laptop. Sometimes it is just easier to go with what everyone else is using.

    • @nostromofidanza1502
      @nostromofidanza1502 2 года назад

      The Dvorak keyboard layout is so much more efficient and especially great for people like me who tend to get finger cramps after a lot of typing. I used it for a long time. Thing is if you get accustomed to it you struggle at jobs, which have the normal layout and mostly will go back to qwerty. It's the perfect example of doing a dumb thing, just because it was always done that way.

    • @robertharvilla4881
      @robertharvilla4881 2 года назад

      All I see it being good for is as a torture device to see how painful it is to hold your hands up above the desk unsupported for hours on end. Add to that the further stress of pressing buttons and I doubt most people wouldn't last more than a couple minutes using that thing. I certainly wouldn't want to try.

  • @autisticavenger3197
    @autisticavenger3197 2 года назад +5

    I feel like those plastic sticks for the Wii Sports and Switch Sports would be useful to players who don't know how to perform the correct gestures to play the game properly... and these sticks would allow them to perform more accurate movements.

    • @Heavenlyhounds96
      @Heavenlyhounds96 2 года назад +1

      The club could at least prove useful for golf

    • @EikottXD
      @EikottXD 2 года назад

      I mean if you can't learn the controls for those games you probably shouldn't be playing them.

    • @RealPanzer999
      @RealPanzer999 2 года назад

      @@EikottXD Considering there are quite a lot of old people playing them who don't have the energy / finemotoric to do it properly with ease I disagree with the statement. On top of that come smaller children who don't quite know how to hold the remote especially for the Wii as it's quite symmetrical.

    • @EikottXD
      @EikottXD 2 года назад

      @@RealPanzer999 If they're old and don't have the energy you probably shouldn't add a weight to it with a giant plastic tennis racket... And if the kid doesn't know how to play they are not old enough.

    • @RealPanzer999
      @RealPanzer999 2 года назад

      @@EikottXD With not enough energy I meant to look closely at what way it's facing & so on.

  • @DanteYewToob
    @DanteYewToob 2 года назад +2

    Those “empty switch boxes” could have actually been a really cool idea, if it was a figure or decorative item instead. I’d pay a few bucks extra (a few… not 10-15 more) for a funko pop with the game code in the box, or something similar.
    If they sold game merch, with a digital game code instead of an empty useless box… I’d actually buy that. I buy download games anyway, I wouldn’t mind getting a cool figure or headphone rest or poster along with the game… I’d walk into Best Buy for that.

    • @d34dR0d3n7
      @d34dR0d3n7 2 года назад

      The only Amiibo I own is Wolf Link, because that was the only option to get Twilight Princess Remaster for WiiU at the time. No extra charge compared to regular games (though it did include a disc of the game too), so I'm not complaining.

  • @TheEagle247
    @TheEagle247 2 года назад +6

    Well I just learned some bad news about my original Xbox that’s sitting at my parents house probably in a box somewhere lol

    • @dezsezpt8030
      @dezsezpt8030 2 года назад

      yeah I feel a little jinxed.... mine was still working the last time I saw it 😢

    • @kaRrybriZzay
      @kaRrybriZzay 2 года назад

      meee too… 😨now I’m afraid to check!

    • @knickers1978
      @knickers1978 2 года назад

      Mine still works

  • @CaedoGenesis
    @CaedoGenesis 2 года назад

    I'm surprised achievements and gamer score weren't mentioned while steam points were. Good list though! Love me some useless peripherals.

  • @HitBit_Gaming
    @HitBit_Gaming 2 года назад +4

    I used the Steam version for Fallout 76 as soon as I could with the expansion Wastelanders. But there was still a use for the Bethesda launcher, and people would create a mule on their second account to be able to store (almost) unlimited items on that character. When Fallout 1st came out it people didn't really needed to get a subscription for storage that way as well. With the Bethesda launcher going away, this will be a lot harder for people to do if they only have one computer available. A second account was also handy to destroy items by activating PvP with your second account. This way you could just destroy the items you have build by shooting at it, and if you play alone you can only use the flamethrower trap to destroy items. Destroying items in your camp makes it possible to merge some items that could normally not be placed inside eachother, and these are some of the building tricks that we use.

    • @shawnwolf5961
      @shawnwolf5961 2 года назад

      @George Johnson I wonder the other way. Why the hell are people complaining about a launcher--when people bitch about literally any other launcher than Steam. It's fucking stupid. It's just a game launcher, Steam doesn't have to be the only game platform to ever exist, ffs.

    • @GypsyEveStVixen
      @GypsyEveStVixen 2 года назад

      The level of janky bullshit and disrespect from Bethesda that Fallout fanboys put up with is on another level yo.
      Am I the only one who feels immense shame for giving those douchenags any money whatsoever for DLCs for the dumpster fire that was Fallout 4? At least I recognized Fallout 76 was an even bigger POS, AIDS riddled, dumpster fire and only get my Fallout fix from Fallout: New Vegas aka the Fallout Magnum Opus

  • @sugawatapurpgaming5914
    @sugawatapurpgaming5914 2 года назад

    Felt attacked with the whole "satisfaction from numbers going up" bit😅😅😅that gamerscore took my whole life, literally hahahahaha

  • @futurewario9591
    @futurewario9591 2 года назад +9

    MOST USELESS THING: A Madkatz GameCube Controller 🎮, The A Button 🔘 keeps on getting stuck.

  • @retro_42
    @retro_42 2 года назад +2

    I also just feel the steam points section was kinda well missing the point. It's not meant to be a big game changer, it's honestly there as a way to enable customers to get points for nothing. Like without the points I'm still gonna spend money. Allows you to express yourself on your profile and for a free feature that you can use if you use steam. It's not a waste.

  • @englishdragon4198
    @englishdragon4198 2 года назад +4

    At the time of watching this, I have 71,290 steam points - no I don’t ever plan on using them, yes, I did just check 😂

  • @yayin21
    @yayin21 2 года назад

    Every single day when I get home from work, be it the morning shift or the closing shift, I sit down, spark a fat one and proceed to watch Gameranx latest video. Thanks for existing guys.

  • @desel8737
    @desel8737 2 года назад +4

    the real no.1:
    *TRUST* in gaming companies, that they will do whats best for the gamers and the games themself

  • @Gessle3
    @Gessle3 2 года назад +1

    So i got the physical edition of LOTRO that included the LifeTime-SUB for $200, & the VIP-SUB is otherwise $100/Year & only the 1-Year one is still available today. But they're constantly adding new stuff to both VIP & F2P, so i stil enjoy most of it & still get sum in-Game bonus same as all the old & new.

  • @bharwani
    @bharwani 2 года назад +3

    Well done on another great video Falcon.

  • @Nahidontmeanit
    @Nahidontmeanit Год назад

    Whenever I’m feeling down about life I’m come back to this video and watch you absolutely roast that dumbass keyboard. RUclips gold

  • @dainbramage9508
    @dainbramage9508 2 года назад +8

    Everyone knows RGB means Ram Goes Big! It's the same logic as flames on a car
    (Quite literally, they actually cause a negligible decrease in performance but look way cooler)

  • @Mortvent
    @Mortvent 2 года назад +1

    The lotro lifetime was worth it due to the store points you get, which allowed me to buy all the expansions and upgrades. So got more than I spent back in expansions

  • @claytalian9091
    @claytalian9091 2 года назад +4

    I have an original XBOX unmodded and it still runs fine. 🤷‍♂️

    • @knickers1978
      @knickers1978 2 года назад

      So do I. Like I said in my comment, I didn’t even know they were meant to have issues.
      Tempted to check it’s value now😂 might be worth $5 with games😂

  • @SlevinCCX
    @SlevinCCX 2 года назад +2

    We now live in a society where people determine their worth by useless internet points.

    • @britonk
      @britonk 2 года назад

      Nobody does that lmfao

  • @RyanPoehls
    @RyanPoehls 2 года назад +3

    Empty switch boxes could be used as a replacement box for another physical game so that works.

  • @floatinggoose9197
    @floatinggoose9197 2 года назад +1

    I am genuinely enjoying my setup. I have 4 headsets I don't use, but it's part of the collection.

  • @AliG-fr9oj
    @AliG-fr9oj 2 года назад +5

    Oh God not the Bethesda launcher 🤦

    • @Safetytrousers
      @Safetytrousers 2 года назад

      It is not anymore.
      And what was wrong with it when it was there?

    • @AliG-fr9oj
      @AliG-fr9oj 2 года назад

      @@Safetytrousers 🤨

    • @Safetytrousers
      @Safetytrousers 2 года назад

      @@AliG-fr9oj It is shortly not going to exist. And what was wrong with the Bethesda launcher?

    • @AliG-fr9oj
      @AliG-fr9oj 2 года назад

      @@Safetytrousers you mean you don't know? 😂

    • @shawnwolf5961
      @shawnwolf5961 2 года назад

      @@Safetytrousers Right? It's like god forbid some other launcher besides Steams exists. HOLY CRAP GUYS

  • @august959
    @august959 2 года назад +2

    The most useless thing as a gamer is probably a two person bed

  • @Mikkel_2407
    @Mikkel_2407 2 года назад +4

    I think a mouse bungee is definitely up there in uselessness. But I have it anyway lol

  • @cardsfanbj
    @cardsfanbj 2 года назад +1

    When 76 first launched on Steam, Bethesda let you link your account to your Steam account and if you did it in the first 2 weeks or whatever, you got Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics free alongside 76 and I jumped on that so fast. The Bethesda launcher is/was garbage, and I couldn't wait to ditch it. I don't know why everyone else didn't do so but there's a FB group I'm a part of and for the last month people have been freaking out about the migration process (because they announced it but didn't open it up until recently) and I've seen at least 1 person freaking out about how they lost their account in the process.
    Only reason to keep it for a while was because originally they only offered access to the 76 Public Test Server for Bethesda launcher copies of the game, but earlier this year (I think) they brought it to Steam, before they announced EOL for their launcher.

  • @smeghead0
    @smeghead0 2 года назад +2

    You can thank the Spiffing Brit and company for finding a way to use Starbound during a Steam Event to farm for infinite points to buy games at discount. after that Steam shut down that ability and seemed to have abandoned any intention of reintroducing points for discounts on games. it is afterall perfectly balanced and not in anyway exploitable.

    • @ftniceberg874
      @ftniceberg874 2 года назад +1

      He is one of my favorite content creators!

  • @NGMonocrom
    @NGMonocrom 2 года назад +1

    Actual #1 ~ A girlfriend. She just wants you to constantly spend time with her.

  • @FrankTheBuffalo1113
    @FrankTheBuffalo1113 2 года назад

    as a former data entry person myself i can confidently say that the vertical keyboard would be an absolute nightmare for data entry...

  • @calknight
    @calknight 2 года назад

    In regards to the lifetime subscriptions, I did the lifetime subscription to Secret World, while they did do away with the subscription to play the game, they still gave you veteran currency or the like that allowed you to get the DLCs for free and such. Or to buy premium items for your characters.

  • @majorpwner241
    @majorpwner241 2 года назад

    The OUYA cracked me up. Never even heard of this thing... That was supposed to be cutting edge and shaking things up? haha

  • @lobaandrade7172
    @lobaandrade7172 2 года назад

    You really went hard on Breakpoint. The game is nothing like it was on release, it’s a totally different experience and a lot better than what was first shipped. A very underrated game

  • @Double0Dann
    @Double0Dann 2 года назад +1

    I got an OG unmodded Xbox and it still works great. Play it all the time hooked up to some HD cables!

    • @shawnwolf5961
      @shawnwolf5961 2 года назад

      have fun with your ticking time bomb :p
      Seriously it will go eventually, better get that checked out.

  • @ChadFromSpace
    @ChadFromSpace 2 года назад +1

    So I'm sitting at my desk watching this video. My girlfriend is in the bed playing on her laptop. We are both big fans of the channel. At 0:08 the most amazing thing that could ever happen, happened. You referred to multiple computer mouses as mouses. Not mice. For the last 3 years we have been regularly debating if several computer mouses are mouses, or mice. "I'm going to Best Buy to check out their mouses." This is correct. Mice are what you feed to your pet snake, or call someone to get out of your walls. She contends that I am going to look at mice. I paused the video and turned slowly in my chair, like the Chris Pratt parks and recreation GIF, and she already knew what was coming. Thank you gameranx. I wish I could like this video twice. Also, I just found out I have 165,114 Steam points. Go me.
    Edit: Further into the video, we were just at Game Stop a few days ago, Game Stop carries keyboards and MOUSES now by the way, and I bought the Bio Shock collection for the Switch. Got home and opened it, and was like, "those idiots! They didn't put the cartridge in the case!" Not to mention, they stuck that big ass Game Stop sticker right over the full game download text on the cover of the case. Why?!

  • @stephenchanda7580
    @stephenchanda7580 2 года назад

    Lolest that meme at the end, I'm sure there's other people thinking about taking up the challenge

  • @ninamoon4381
    @ninamoon4381 2 года назад +1

    I enjoy gamer score/ achievement levels. I think it's just the satisfaction of getting 100% on a game and not bragging about how high of level or score you have.

  • @a2pha
    @a2pha 2 года назад +1

    3:28 Eventually I saw MANY different WII controllers right there at the 99c store. Yep, you could buy yourself a WII baseball bat for 99 cents.

  • @TheOnlyTaps
    @TheOnlyTaps 2 года назад +1

    Ghost Recon breakpoint as a whole should just be in the list 😭😂💀
    Hilarious watch as always 👊🏿

  • @HelterSeltzer_the_one
    @HelterSeltzer_the_one 2 года назад +1

    Gotta hand it to Bethesda for having maps in their physical copies of TES games. And Fallout 4 had a fun perk poster to hang up. Mass Effect being able to flip the cover paper to include FemaleShep. I wonder if any will continue that in the years to come. I doubt it but it was fun when it lasted.

  • @Lunchb0xGamez
    @Lunchb0xGamez 2 года назад +1

    I still have my O.G. Xbox that hasn’t been modded! In fact, just used it for a big party a few weeks ago. We played Fusion Frenzy, James Bond Agent under Fire and Battlefront 2! I guess I’m just lucky?

  • @NoName-en4op
    @NoName-en4op 2 года назад

    The Xbox can be repaired if the clock capacitor has ruined the trace on the board but possibly can take extra effort that may not be in most people's abilities. The console can function without the clock capacitor in there as well if it's not a 1.6 hardware version.
    If your clock cap is leaking, remove it and clean the electrolyte fluid. If it's not leaking, remove it anyway. Definitely look for other bulging or leaking capacitors when you're already in there since it's not too uncommon to find a bulging cap on the PSU or around the CPU slot.
    Console5 has the cap kits and/or just the clock cap if you're in the US.

  • @slavkun8706
    @slavkun8706 2 года назад +1

    As a long time runescape player "Number Going Up" is my way of life

  • @Hawk_of_Battle
    @Hawk_of_Battle Год назад

    I've never seen that vertical keyboard monstrosity before and I had to stop the video to laugh my arse off when it came up. What a ludicrous design!

  • @listerofsmeg884
    @listerofsmeg884 2 года назад

    Mice or mouse's?
    Interesting on the bit about Steam points , the scary skull background you highlighted as something to buy is from the little known Rendering Ranger. Very random reference.

  • @SubduralHemaNova
    @SubduralHemaNova 2 года назад +1

    Oh falcon, how your rants are a privilege and sight to behold 🤣

  • @melissapoling3768
    @melissapoling3768 2 года назад

    So there are libraries out there where you can borrow video games from. There's actually one in the town I live in and I couldn't be more excited. Unfortunately however, like when you go to borrow a DVD from a library or rent one from say, redbox. The video game discs are often scratched up and damaged to the point where you can't use them. What's worse is that those games that have you put in a download code before you can play the game are single use only. So the first person to use that download code can play the game as much as they want but if anyone else tries to play the game, they can't because the code in the box was already used 🙁

  • @lunarz7117
    @lunarz7117 2 года назад

    The Point shop is literally on the store page on top, it is shown in this video too! There you can see the points you have too. In my oppinion the Point Shop exists cause no one cared too much to collectt the Profile decorations emotes and backgrounds.
    You needed to collect cards dropped from baught games only! To top that of only Half of the needed cards dropped (If you are lucky no duplicates). All this just to make a badge and get said decorations, which to get the remaining cards you need to buy them in the market which Steam takes a cut out of it too, you see where this is going...

  • @diskovandal
    @diskovandal 2 года назад +1

    I think that keyboard is the first time ive legitimately heard falcon pissed xD

  • @decode.666
    @decode.666 2 года назад

    Basically everything that starts with "Gaming" ... chairs, keyboards, mice, desks, ... everything.

  • @heatherperkins9737
    @heatherperkins9737 2 года назад +1

    Power Gloves had an interesting secondary use in the late 1990s and early aughts as gestural MIDI controllers for electronic musicians. Check out Pamela Z or Letitia Sonami. The more you know!

    • @ftniceberg874
      @ftniceberg874 2 года назад +1

      I would argue that was the unknown primary use of the power glove since it's stated use was utter garbage! 🤣😂

  • @ChalkInTheLand
    @ChalkInTheLand 2 года назад +1

    At this point I can't imagine watching a gameranx video not narrated by Falcon

  • @FflawedMetalhead
    @FflawedMetalhead 2 года назад +1

    Well dang, now I want to pull out my original Xbox and see if it still works - Had no idea there might be an issue. The vertical keyboard is almost like an April Fools joke. Yes, technically, it's more ergonomic to have your hands vertical, but you'd have to completely re-learn the keyboard, and could no longer cross over from one side to the other.

    • @doginhat13
      @doginhat13 2 года назад

      Jokes on you I never learned how to type

  • @nathan900130
    @nathan900130 Год назад

    I feel like those empty game cases are more of a way of some kids able to buy certain dlc contents without parents going “oh not buying anything online” thingy

  • @chappelle23
    @chappelle23 2 года назад

    Hip shot dot is one of the funniest things I’ve seen. Most gaming monitors nowadays have that feature built-in. Mine does, but I never use it.

  • @Duccy86
    @Duccy86 2 года назад

    Liked the video, but steam points are visible right in the shop tab, not that hidden and can be used to buy emotes and backgrounds as well as the seasonal badges, so free leveling up (not free, but you don't have to buy cards or anything because it's from the money you've spent on games)

  • @MariNate1016
    @MariNate1016 2 года назад +1

    I was just thinking how cool it would be if g4tv came back and hired online content creators like gameranx to work for the company and attract the younger RUclips generation. I know Adam is still doing reviews on his channel, but a proper G4TV revival would be dope.

    • @doginhat13
      @doginhat13 2 года назад

      I don't know how but made this comment seem like it was made 10 years ago

  • @Astraeus..
    @Astraeus.. 2 года назад

    I got a Logitech G13 a couple years ago (before they were discontinued). Cost me like 125$. I've since used it for about 45 minutes total....I only got it because I had wanted one so long, but by the time I did I wasn't using my desk for gaming (from my sofa on the TV instead). I love the idea of it more than the actual thing, I think...

  • @EpichomerEh
    @EpichomerEh 2 года назад

    My OG Xbox still works but now you have me worried that it WILL break down... i was just playing The Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction on it like 1 month ago. But thats a great video idea, make a video to inform us on what consoles break fast or console parts break easiest. Give gamers some insights on things they might not know!

  • @Thalatash
    @Thalatash 2 года назад

    I haven't bought a console game in a while, but I remember how hard it was to get a matching replacement box when one of them was broken. The empty ones might be good as a replacement if the label can be switched out.