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psychicscubadiver said:
potato_hamster said:

... nope. I just can't imagine what a legitimately hybrid console would look like, or what its feature set would be. I'd have to put a lot of thought into that. But to reiterate, if Nintendo's definition of "hybrid console" is good enough for you, then go for it.

A failure of your imagination doesn't change reality. That's like saying 'hybrid cars don't exist. They're just regular cars that have their batteries do extra functions and anyone that claims otherwise is just falling for the marketing.'

Holy false equivalency, Batman! It's not like saying that at all. A hybrid car, is very well defined and very well established technology. Someone can glance at the hardware list of any hybrid car and identify it as being a hybrid. Try and define what hardware features define a console to be "a hybrid console" such that the vast majority of people would agree with it, and such that only the Switch qualifies. Seriously. Not what is shipped in the box, not the features of the games it plays, just the functionality of the hardware. Just try to do it.

Here, let's try this thought experiment. Is the Toyota Camry a hybrid car? Should Toyota count every Toyota Camry sold as a "hybrid car sale"? If Toyota came out with an all-electric Prius, should its sales also be lumped in with "hybrid car sales"? For what it's worth the term "cross over" is also marketing term that has very little meaning.

Last edited by potato_hamster - on 10 July 2019