Barkley said:
Discounting software and it's functionality in defining a product is a mistake. If a console has zero games it is not a console, the only thing that makes a console a console is the features of the software on it. Software and it's functionality is important in defining a device. Purpose behind the creation of something is also part of defining something. What makes a Kitchen Knife a utensil and not a weapon? What it was created to be used for. |
If a console has a hardware feature and no games take advantage of that feature, does it count as a hardware feature? For example, the Sega Genesis controller had one terrible shoulder "Mode" button that no game to my knowledge ever used. Is someone incorrect if they say that the Sega Genesis did not feature a controller with a shoulder button?
Last edited by potato_hamster - on 10 July 2019
