Microsoft's Xbox Series S Toaster Goes on Sale 50
An anonymous reader shares a report: Both of Microsoft's current Xbox consoles now have kitchen appliance counterparts. The Xbox Series S toaster recently debuted, following up the Xbox Series X refrigerator. It's available for purchase from Walmart for $39.99. In place of its ability to connect to a TV and play games, it can toast bread or bagels, imprinting the Xbox logo onto its side with its internal heat coils. The Series S toaster has a slot long enough to fit two slices of bread side by side, which I suppose can be considered multiplayer support if the bread is for two people. As with most toasters, this one has different toast browning levels, a removeable crumb tray, a bread ejection function, and automatic shutoff.
"Would you like a piece of toast?" (Score:5, Funny)
When they add AI to it, you'll know the end is near....
Re:"Would you like a piece of toast?" (Score:5, Funny)
It's cold outside
There's no kind of atmosphere
I'm all alone, more or less
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Far away from here
Fun, fun, fun
In the sun sun sun
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When they add AI to it, you'll know the end is near....
They'll just add a copilot key to each toasted item to help keep the AI under your control.
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Frakkin' Cylons!
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I've always thought Talkie Toaster [fandom.com] was a prediction: A long-lasting hiatus in the evolution of AGI.
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First world mindset (Score:2)
which I suppose can be considered multiplayer support if the bread is for two or more people
I mean, geez, people get their own whole slice of bread as a matter of course?!?
2005 called... (Score:4, Interesting)
NetBSD on a toaster:
https://hardware.slashdot.org/... [slashdot.org]
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Yet 19 years later, Microsoft Xbox can't even run Doom.
Stupid (Score:3)
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We've all seen worse. At least this stupid is (somewhat) useful.
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It's no flamethrower
https://www.boringcompany.com/... [boringcompany.com]
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This is a flamethrower - https://store.theshootingcentr... [theshootingcentre.com]
Sprays burning oil on things so they light immediately and stay lit.
You call it a logo... (Score:3)
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This is when their jingle plays right?
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I call it uneven toasting, defective by design.
At least it'll be the first Xbox that you can be assured wont overheat... or even heat.
Hopefully they make a EU version (Score:2)
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not a step-down transformer, just a plug adapter
The designer, producer and vendor of that "adapter" should go to jail.
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not a step-down transformer, just a plug adapter
The designer, producer and vendor of that "adapter" should go to jail.
You're going to need a bigger jail, there are a ton of them out there. Big Clive calls them death-dapters. But I agree they are insane to sell.
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Big Clive calls them death-dapters.
Big Clive calls one specific type death-adapters. The overwhelming majority on the market are perfectly safe and completely standards compliant.
But I agree they are insane to sell.
Why? Are you suggesting I buy a new phone and laptop charger for every country I visit despite the fact that they are all 100% electrically compatible with every outlet? These devices have thousands of legitimate use cases, kitchen appliances just isn't one of them.
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The designer, producer and vendor of that "adapter" should go to jail.
Are you stupid? There are literally hundreds of legitimate use cases, and these devices are all completely standards and safety compliant. (well unless you import them from China). They are sold at every airport on the planet and most electronics shops.
Just because you can't use them with a toaster doesn't mean anyone should go to jail, it just means the user is as stupid as you are ignorant.
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Microsoft (Score:2)
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I have the Xbox fridge (the one that actually works as opposed to the model that can't even cool properly). Would probably buy this too as a novelty.
And you are the reason this country has gone to hell.
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So the XBox runs hot (Score:2)
They're just trying to keep bread crumbs out of the real console in case someone decides to heat up their food on a real console.
General Toaster Fault (Score:3, Funny)
XBox video toaster? Wait. You mean a real toaster? (Score:2)
At least it's not... (Score:3)
At least it's not a goatse toaster
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Don't give anyone any ideas. Oops, too [reddit.com] late [imgur.com].
This was released too early (Score:1)
Better to wait until March 32nd.
So it has (Score:2)
80% of the capability of the Series S.
Can it do waffles? (Score:2)
There's already the KFConsole [coolermaster.com] by Cooler Master. Chicken n' waffles anyone?
Is it April Fool's day ???? (Score:2)
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After Dark sues (Score:2)
Hmm, posted on on 2024.01.04... (Score:1)
This is how you make money (Score:2)
So, they are taking a meme, and printing money out of it.
Microsoft did the same thing with the "fridge" before this. People compared their box to a fridge, so they sold a mini fridge for $100, and it sold like hotcakes (now they are on clearance, I think for $35, which is a good price if one actually needs a mini fridge).
The same idea of selling Che shirts, and Karl Marx books at Amazon, the peak of Capitalism.