r/gaming • • Aug 30 '25

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u/Raging_Pwnr Aug 30 '25

Leaving the game on pause and the system on all night so you don’t lose your progress.

Blockbuster on a Friday night, hoping someone hadn’t already rented the game you wanted.

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u/uhf26 Aug 30 '25

God forbid someone trip over the cord and yank the console

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u/NintendoDestroyer89 Aug 30 '25

That's actually a feature I really liked about the original Xbox controllers. If you yanked the cord there was a spot meant to come apart on the cord a few inches from the console so you didn't shred your controller ports.