Nintendo has lost the core market this generation

[Final-Fan]

theprof00 said:

Final-Fan said:

theprof00 said:

Final-Fan said:
Also, you NEED a controller. Just because it could hypothetically be a controller other than the Wii Remote proves nothing, as the mobo, power supply, etc. could probably in theory be replaced with hacked together (illegal of course) substitutes, or even an emulator, right?

By your interpretation NOTHING is absolutely necessary.

What substitutes? An emulator? An emulator needs a computer to run!!! There are several absolutely necessary parts for a computer to run. But there are more things needed depending on what you do with it. The difference between operation and functionality is the difference between peripheral and core necessity.

But they are DIFFERENT mobos and power supplies etc. than are in the Wii.  It's the same shell game you are using to say "Well I don't need the Wii Remote specifically, I can hack together two mice or whatever."  

It's the exact same thing and you call bullshit on me.  Can't you see what you are doing?   The Wii doesn't work as the game console that it is -- IT CANNOT OPERATE beyond turning the power on/off and inserting/ejecting discs -- without the Wii Remote or something substituting for it, just as it can't operate without its power supply or something substituting for it.  An emulator substitutes the entire Wii hardware and software (using PC hardware and software).  

IT CANNOT OPERATE beyond turning the power on/off and inserting/ejecting discs

that is the whole point darling. It operates. The keyword that you yourself used is "beyond". That is what a peripheral does.

Let me give you that definition again:

A peripheral is a device attached to a host computer but not part of it whose primary functionality is dependent upon the host, and can therefore be considered as expanding the host's capabilities, while not forming part of the system's core architecture.

Attached to a host computer, but not part of it. It's primary functionality is dependant upon the host. (The wiimote is useless without a wii) It expands the host's capabilities (and here's where that word "beyond" fits) while at the same time, it's not part of the core architecture.

also, the emulator is dependant on the computer ie the host.Without a computer, the emulator is useless.

Now this is an actual defensible point, unlike your earlier post.  As long as you remember that...

"It operates."  Not as a game console.