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Remember the good ol’ days when getting a console as a gift meant matching up yellow, red, and white, hitting the power button, and videogames were mere seconds away? Yeah, that’s not how things go anymore. New gaming consoles come with a litany of updates.
That’s why, if you’re giving a videogame console as a gift this year, it’s a good idea to carefully unpack it, hook it up, install all updates, and then re-wrap. It’s kind of a pain, but the recipient will appreciate it. There’s nothing worse than being given a new toy and not being able to play with it. Nothing.
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