Are Handhelds = Consoles?

[Luke888]

DerNebel said:

Luke888 said:

DerNebel said:

KLXVER said:
Who is saying that handhelds are consoles...?

I've seen it argued a couple times by Nintendo fans trying to argue that Sony has to overtake the 3DS with the PS4 to become the market leader in Japan. Then arguing that in that case smartphones/tablets should be counted in as well results in a lot of spinning about why consoles and handhelds should be counted as one group in Japan while smartphones/tables are totally seperate and way too different to count.

As a Nintendo Fan: Yes, Sony is leading in Japan because they are earning more money. you have to think as I said previously that the revenue taken from an Handheld is like 75% of a Home Console if not even less, but this doesn't mean Handhelds aren't consoles

I can say that there's always been a distinction that's been made between consoles and handhelds and that suddenly disregarding that distinction (while at the same time still insisting on the distinction between consoles/handhelds and smartphones/handhelds) to win a sales arguement in one market is just desperate.

In the sense of the thread that this thread here is referencing it's pretty irrelevant, the user was clearly talking about Sony/Nintendo gaming hardware and just chose to use the term "consoles".

As I said before that is not the case everywhere around the world and just looking at the word "Home Console" you get that there are other forms of Consoles.

For the fanboys you've been talking too just ignore them or link them this thread, when we'll come up to an answer (and I believe to have given a pretty good one). Even if we agree that Handhelds are consoles and tecnically Nintnedo sold more consoles in Japan than Sony, you'll be still right saying Sony is dominating due to their larger revenue