Handhelds are not Consoles..

[jarrod]

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.

Uh, no, wiki's just about as credible as a layman forum opinion, largely because that's literally what the site is.  It's user generated.... hell, the "opinions of some people in this thread" are very likely what you're reading on it. ;)

There's a reason why universities, researchers and even the government won't recognize Wikipedia as a reliable source for information.  Hell, by Wikipedia's own reference standards, a site like their own in ineligible for citation on Wikipedia (lol).