| Shiken said: The gamepad is nothing more than a wireless controller to a home console with a screen. |
Of course it is also a controller. It also has the buttons literally on the side of the display... Just like. The Switch.
| Shiken said: The distance is no different from a PS4 or X1 controller. It is by definition a controller that allows for off screen play. You cannot play it without the home console being within the same range as any other home console. |
The distance is irrelevant. The fact it requires a base station is also irrelevant.
The Switch requires a dock for it to be regarded as a "Hybrid device" does it not?
| Shiken said: Did the concept help with the conception of the Switch? Probably. But that does not make it anything more than a console with off screen play? Not at all. The Vita/PS4 remote play is more of a portable hybrid than the WiiU will ever be. |
The Vita is a separate console, not an accessory that is included with every single Playstation 4 sold, meaning we cannot regard the Playstation 4 as a hybrid device as not every Playstation 4 came with everything out of the box. (Although, Sony would probably appreciate the extra Vita sales.)
I mean shit. There are people out there who thought the WiiU was a gamepad tablet thing for the Wii. That just says it all, right?
| Shiken said: The Switch is a Hybrid, as it can function either way and actually be taken and used effectively anywhere making it both a console and a portable as it has specific functions unique to both methods. |
The WiiU is a hybrid console, it blends handheld and fixed console gaming into one form factor.
Hybrid's definition: A thing made by combining two different elements.
Aka. Hand Held and Fixed Console.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hybrid
| super_etecoon said: The WiiU is definitely not a hybrid console. It is the stop gap between home consoles and hybrid consoles, but in no way shape or form a true hybrid. The range of the WiiU's gamepad was so terrible I was forced to play in the same room as the console at all times. I'm sure if you lived in a small house or apartment the portability would be genuine in that respect, but the moment you left your house or apartment you would be essentially carrying a useless brick that wouldn't even offer basic operations like a calculator or notepad, much less a portable gaming device. |
The range doesn't stop it from also having "handheld" functionality.
The fact you recognize it is as essentially a "stop gap" console that bridges home consoles and hybrid is essentially agreeing that the WiiU is a hybrid device in of itself.
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