If something is equally as viable, then it should as well be equally as chose... so there goes your point.
And OP say portability should be ignored, but all his points are basically "I like portability because it doubles my playtime so that is the reason why it's viable". Consoles lived for over 30 years without it, if you want to use portability as sign of viability do it comparing to Handhelds, even if you have to defend higher price and lower battery life.
duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363
Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994
Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."
