| Immortal said: My old calculator plays games. Calculator is a console. My piece of paper plays noughts and crosses. Piece of paper is a console. See my point? I mean, given the whole brouhaha with AppStore games and whatnot recently, surely you've already heard of the distinction between "dedicated" handhelds and phones that play games. Same logic applies here; console implies "dedicated". Actually, to be honest, I'd say that PS3 and 360 are just glorified DVD players, but then that isn't politically correct. And these definitions are mostly dependant on what people are willing to agree they are. |
By definition, a consoles is a computer, so your second example is invalid.
I can accept that your calculator is a console BUT unless it can play the same games as the PS3 or 360, it's irrelavent in the context of comparing exclusives. It doesn't really matter if a device is a console or not. For all practical purposes, the only thing that matters is if there is any device in the world ( ideally with a considerable install base) that can fully play the same game as another console, then that game is not exclusive.
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