Hiku said:
I see you posting reasons for why you wouldn't call other systems "hybrid", but not why Switch (the original model) isn't a valid home console. Aside from that, if the rumored Switch Pro that was delayed can't be played in handheld mode, but is permanently docked, would that change your outlook? |
I don't see what's so hard to understand. Just because a handheld can be connected to a TV and use a separate controller doesn't make it a home console. If it does, than there's several handhelds that can be considered "home consoles", starting with the Sega Nomad. If you want to use a term that broad to define "hybrid console" then all the power to you. Like I said, it's a marketing term. It's literally a matter of opinion.
If Nintendo makes a "switch" that can only be connected to a TV and doesn't have an independant power supply, Nintendo will have released a weak home console that plays Switch games. That doesn't make that console a hybrid. And if it did, that would mean that the PS4 has to be considered a hybrid since Sony bundled the PS4 and the PS Vita together in Europe and therefore "out of the box" you were able to play any PS4 game as long as you had a strong enough wireless (possibly 3g? not sure) connection, does that mean the
Let me turn it around. Let's say Sony makes a portable PS4, and has a separate dock accessory that allows to connect the portable to a TV, and sync multiple PS4 controllers to it, is that "a hybrid console" in your mind? Why or why not? If not, if Sony then creates a bundle that includes the dock accessory in one box, does that make it a hybrid?
