Do you think a game console is a toy?

[BMaker11]

160rmf said:

-Ack!- said:

For example: you play games, but you don't play with games. Same way you don't play toys, you play with toys. Toys are tools to play with same way that tennis racket is a tool to play tennis.

Tl;dr - The point is that a toy is not the only definition of a tool of entertainment it is just one of many different tools that match with the English verb "to play (with)".

I play games with my console, i play games with my basketball, i play games with cardgames, i play games with toys

I play songs with instruments

I play movies with dvds, blu rays.

I make calls with my phone

I drive my car

You can play games with your computer, smartphone even a piece of paper but these products are not designed to play games as their main function

Well, is "playing games" the new definition of "toy"? Because a basketball is definitely designed to play a game as its main function. But I doubt you'd say LeBron James is "playing with toys" when he's dunking on someone. Nor would you say a sport (basketball) is a toy. As I doubt you'd say people playing a game of poker are "playing with toys".

Games can be played with toys but that does not mean games = toys. It's like a square is always a rectangle but a rectangle isn't always a square.