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wangjingwanjia said:
What is a micro-console anyway? What is it that defines a console as a "micro"?

People mentioned Ouya and VitaTV but I have not used either one of them so I don't really know what the difference is between them and let's say Wii U, since we talk about Nintendo. Ouya is an Android-driven low-price console with weaker hardware and an ugly controller and poor game library. Pretty much all I know about it. VitaTV is like PSV but you connect it to your TV instead, like a home console version of PSV, right?

A microconsole is a very small, very cheap console alternative.  Their nature usually means they have no optical drive and are an all digital platform and also are much weaker than home consoles since they use mobile parts from tablets usually that are intended for much smaller screens.  There are a number, but they've never been particularly successful.