Intrinsic said:
Vinther1991 said:
it does not lack any defining home console features, and it comes with everything it needs to be used as a home console. The majority of owners will probably use it partially as a home consoles if not mostly as a home console. And it is marketed as a home console. For it not to be a home console you will have to tell me a home console feature it doesn't have, the lack of high power consumption is not a feature.
If there is a gaming tablet that comes bundled with a controller and an HDMI cable, I will gladly consider that a home console as well.
The Switch is also a handheld, since it has all the features of a handheld, and will probably be used a lot as a handheld. And the portability is also part of the marketing. You could argue it isn't a handheld, because it doesn't fit in the pocket, but even the New 3DS xl, the Vita or the original gameboy will be difficult to fit in a pocket.
So it is both. Call it what you like. It shouldn't matter to you what it's called though. The system can do what it can do despite the label you give it. Nintendo calls it a home console first a portable sencond. Hence Nintendo hasn't left the home console market just because you call it a handheld. If Nintendo makes a console branded for the home console market - then Nintendo is part of the home console market.
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It doesn't matter to me what anyone chooses to call it. What matters to me is why or their reasons. Thats what I am interested in. And its all good, its interesting to see different peoples takes on these things.
Ok, the bolded part... so lets see, the PSP could be connected to a Tv and paired with a DS3/4. So what you are saying is basically that if it came bundled with the TV dock and HDMI cable then it would be a home console as well?
If a laptop comes with a HDMI cable in the box does that make it no longer be a mobile/portable PC and now instead a desktop PC?
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Yes if the PSP came bundled with the stuff it needed to be connected to a tv and a DS3, then it would be a home console in my opinion. It would still be a handheld also. (I can see why some would disagree, since it won't allow split screen, I don't consider that a defining feature of home consoles, but I understand why some would).
No the laptop would still be a portable PC. To me a laptop (HDMI cable included) is everything a desktop is, plus it is portable. So yes a laptop with an HDMI cable is essentially a desktop as well. The portability is just feature. We don't call it a desktop, because it will create confusion. But it's important to remember that a desktop is called a desktop, because of what you cannot do with it and not because of what you can do with it.
The Switch is a home console and a handheld. If you break the screens of the 3DS you have nothing. If you break HDMI port of the PS4 you have nothing. If you break the screen of your switch you still have a fully functional home console. If you break the dock, you still have a fully functional handheld.
Now I understand why people are confused. The name home console as with desktop might emply to some people that it is not portable. I don't know the origin of the name home console. But I could imagine it was made to be distinguishable from handheld console. "Home" emplying that you cannot take it with you, in other words, also named after it's limitations. But you could say the same about handhelds, since they used to be only playable as handhelds.
In other words the Switch has all the features that define a home console and all the features that define a handheld console, you can use it as both, which in my opinion makes it a home console and a handheld. It does not however have any of the limitations that define either of them, hence I understand why people are confused about what to label it. But as I said, the system can do what it can do no matter how you decide to label it. And I feel it is up to Nintendo to label it as they like, not you and me, since the labelling is only important for the marketing.
