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teigaga on 21 October 2016
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DonFerrari said:
teigaga said:

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.

You may say they weren't designed around that, but still it launched with the functionality around. So intention defines what it is?

NS can function as a console as much as a PSTV can as well. so it isn't exacly new.

The thread is more about the dock having little use besides being a chargepod with tv connection, making it much more of a handheld hooked to a tv than a console that you may carry and play with or a hybrid.

RolStoppable said:

If Switch connects to the TV and then offers four player splitscreen games, then it's clearly not the same as plugging a Sony handheld or any other device into a TV or monitor. In that case Switch would truly change its functionality to the one of a home console and at that point you would be hard pressed to disregard it as a home console. Switch obviously also works as a handheld, but that's the point of a hybrid; it's both.

It isn't the same, but evolving a concept or idea isn't the same as making it a home console.

And besides nintendo saying it's a home console on their reveal they took almost all the time on the presentation showing it as a handheld and not as a home console, so their narrative doesn't fit.

As I said, this is all semantics. When every device we have is multifunction and are many things all at once, intended use and purpose is of course important, as is function. Is the Ipad touch an mp3 device, Tablet or portable gaming machine?  Is the Apple watch  a watch or a mini tablet device?  Is apple TV a streaming box or a home games console? 

 

I will end my involvement in this thread by responding to the OPs question. As Nintendo has spent the last decade producing weak hardware for their consoles, this to me feels no different. Rumours suggest this  being a bigger leap over WiiU than Wii was over Gamecube. I'm at least happy that their gimmick this time round will mean more quality games from them, something I think we all agree is a good thing. As I will likely use the handheld functionality a fair bit, I don't mind paying the additional cost a screen and battery bring :)