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teigaga on 21 October 2016
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DonFerrari said:
teigaga said:

Really? my laptop (not notebook) has several power options but none of them are exclusive to being plugged in to a power outlet.

Either way a notebook is a notebook, which is still a laptop, which is still a PC... If we loose the semantics here, I think what people are really expressing is their disappointment at its suspected specs. But Nintendo didn't  need the Wii to be portable for it to be weak AF. I think it's a weird to debate whether it's X or Y when Switch can clearly function as both.

My laptop still performs better on the power outlet even if both are settled on the same configuration on battery, but that may be confirmation Bias.

I don't quite understand your second point.

Because the counterpoint that notebooks connect to tv, PSP and PSVita (even if needed PSTV or PS4 streaming) connected to tv or got console games to mobility, clearly would negate that only because you connected switch (as handheld perception) to a TV doesn't make it a home console.

bunchanumbers said:

Its unified because they abandoned the home console market. I'm not a fan of it.

Yes that is the biggest concern...

I would be a lot happier if they just made a three product line, simple handheld, simple console and switch... all three running the same games on different levels and people choosing which they preffer without paying premium for what they aren't going to use.

The PSP and PSV aren't designed around this philosophy. When is a streaming box a streaming box instead of a gaming console? Or a gaming console a console instead of a streaming box?

These semantics are not scientific, it's all just marketing and intended use. What is the definition of a home console?

My point is no one cares what title these boxes fit under, they care about function. The NS functions as a console and that's built into its control scheme and hardware choice. The thread "Nintendo "has quit console gaming" is based on the NS not having a Gpu in its dock. As if people care whether it's in the dock or in the tablet, the real discussion is one of power, but the Wii and Wii U were both weak so I'm saying the discussion is kind of pointless.