| GhaudePhaede010 said:
Uhhh... unless I am missing something, this console does look like its main design (in the three areas I mentioned) is to be played on the go. It uses mobile technology (doesn't mobile literally mean, "on the go"?), it uses cartridges, and the shell seems to merely attach it to the television making it nothing more than a video out cable (if the rumors are true). If more functionality is announced, then I will obviously revise my position. But in terms of form, functionality, and design, it looks to be a hand held. They keep calling it a PORTABLE console. Until the word hybrid became hot button, if I called something a portable console, it would mean a hand held. I feel like what I am saying is a little beyond you because I have already presented both Wii U and my daughter's iphone as examples of devices that are not truly hybrids or hand helds. Even though you could make the argument they are. Wii U does have portability (although limited) like a hand held and the iphone can be attached to a television. They are not what they are. How you decide to view the console is up to you. I told my host the same thing. But I know you read my example and you know I was correct. I have learned through this website and others that arguing this is meaningless. I was agreeing with someone that echoed my sentiments because that person seems to be coming to an understanding I already came to. I did not post this to create more tension. As far as your assumptions about why Nintendo would develop a hand held with this kind of technology, this is the same company that developed a Wii remote, reimagined the dual screen hand held device, glasses free 3D, and gave us a tablet controller (which lends to inexpensive costs on a new console when you think about it) in the last decade. I am not here to explain Nintendo, just understand them. I also want you to remember three things: 1) Hybrid does not mean home console. So many seem to use the term hybrid as a means to justify comparing this console exclusively to home consoles. It is unjust to compare a hybrid in this way. And by its definition, a hybrid is not a home console if you believe it to be a true hybrid (example a Liger is not a Lion or a Tiger and cannot be compared solely to one or the other). 2) I am only basing this off rumors. If anything changes about the console or new information comes out about the console in terms of form, function, and design, then I will adjust my position accordingly. 3) Someone else I argued with on here called Wii U a hybrid. I do not know what to make of this community anymore... |
Yes you are missing the fact that the NX would still function exactly like a home console. The Wii U does not function exactly like a handheld, and I doubt whatever phone you're talking about functions exactly like a home console, but if it does have seperate controllers and local multiplayer on a single system then yes that would count.
Exactly, motion controls were the Wii's focus, additional touchscreen was the focus for the DS, and now a system that can play on the go and at home is the NX's focus. They can't support two systems anymore let alone 2 HD ones so this is pretty much their only option. If you understand Nintendo then you should know that already.
I never said hybrid meant home console, only the opposite, and if you don't want to get into arguments and don't like this community, my advice is simply don't post!
