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Can I pick up a refurbished 10inch chromebook for 120 bucks and play games like Ori Will of the Wisps?

I know nothing about computers. I played subnautica on my hand me down Asus laptop but my wife uses it for work now

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Highly likely no.
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No, they don't even run Windows.

Maybe you could get something running on their custom form of Linux, but they're not exactly known as powerful machines.

Edit: Actually, I believe they can use Android apps so maybe you could play Android games.

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You can use xCloud to stream games on Chromebooks
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I don't think so, but I've been wrong before. I would just assume no for all intents and purposes, however.

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Bio1590 posted...

You can use xCloud to stream games on Chromebooks

Interesting.

Googling shows me this tho:

What devices support xCloud?
The service currently only supports Android smartphones and tablets.
...
Xbox Support tweeted a list of device platforms that currently do not support cloud gaming, and these are:

iOS.
Chrome OS.
Fire OS.
Oxygen OS.
Android TV.
Android Auto.
Bluestacks.

Sep 17, 2020
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Unless they found a way to stop it you could download the app through the Google Play Store.

E: You may have to sideload it in Dev mode? Idk
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is there such a thing as a tiny laptop that I can use solely for playing games that are maybe a few years old for $200 or less?

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Do you already have an older laptop?

Just slap a new SSD in there to replace the old HDD and go to town
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Coloradough posted...

is there such a thing as a tiny laptop that I can use solely for playing games that are maybe a few years old for $200 or less?

Windows (forget Apple) laptops, New, go for more usually.

But if you craigslist or ebay you might get lucky.

... or get scammed.
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