Handhelds are not Consoles..

[Gnizmo]

Doobie_wop said:

c0rd said:

Doobie_wop said:

kowenicki said:

NOUN

console (plural consoles)

A cabinet designed to stand on the floor.

A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.

The keyboard and screen of a computer.

A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.

(video games) A video game console, especially as opposed to a handheld.

(architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight

 

I like 5.

Wow, you just blew away everyone's argument in one post. Probably shouldn't have, people will just start disagreeing with the dictionary.

You do realize, he pulled that out of wiki?

I personally don't think of handhelds when I hear "console," though mainly because I've barely dealt with handhelds (other than Pokemon, and the recent DS). Sadly, it seems this thread is mainly filled with people with an agenda - the whole PS2 vs DS being the top selling console deal...

It's still a more credible source of information than the opinions of some people in this thread.

I agree it's hard to come to a conclusion on the handheld = console thing, mainly because some people want the PS2 to be the best selling console of all time and some want the DS to take the crown, which is stupid anyway. I don't think handhelds should be considered to be consoles, but at least this thread is providing some good arguments (mainly from Khuutra and D12lewis) so it's not all bad.

Not when the definition itself is invalid. The usage of the word "handheld" was improper. The very definition listed refers to PDAs, not anything designed to play video games. The relevant word was an adjective which makes the entire definition grammatically incorrect and thus entirely invalid. Unless you can think of a way to end the sentence without blowing your own argument our of the water the entire line of thought is useless.