Do you think a game console is a toy?

[Game_God]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Game_God said:

If you believe it's not a toy, explain me why kids are playing games like Skylanders, Infinity, Mario Party... while the functions of a console have grown it doesn't erase the fact that it's a game console= a toy!!!

Cars are multimedia computers too, watches, phones, while expanding its functionnality can't be denyied it does not erase its primary function!!!

PC are great for gaming yet they are not toys, their primary use was work & multimedia!

I do not believe modern consoles are toys. Nintendo was a toy company and did not fight the stigma that games were toys. When Sony came they changed the face of peoples perception of videogames, hence why the marketshare expanded, prompting Microsoft to join in. They became a visible threat to the PC realm once Sony joined. The PS4, Wii U and Xbox One are no more toys than a gameless multimedia device. 

Today games are digital media. Its not cartridge based like the old days. When Sony changed the formatting we could experience games no different than one would on a PC. The difference is the mass market now had a chance to accomplish experiencing such things.

The whole problem here is this idea that there is a stigma! I am a confident adult, I bare no stigma of playing games at 40!

I understand that kids when they grow up wnat to do "adult stuff", swear words, drink beer, dress like Justin Bieber, & that playing games might no be viewed as a grown-up activity, so they labelled themselves has "hardcore gamerz", play violent games because lol they are (im)mature! How can they admit that they are using a toy. Back in the day when a kid was playing Mario on his NES, he was playing a game on a toy called console, what is the difference between that & today a teen playing Little Big Planet on a PS3 a saturday afternoon???

You can call it what you want you still push buttons to play a videogame! I don't care for all the stigmas felt by insecure kids, it's a case of saying to these kids: "Grow Up!"