So Nintendo officially quit console gaming. Switch is a handheld system

[Mr Puggsly]

Soundwave said:

Mr Puggsly said:
Here's the difference compared to something like PSP...

Switch was designed from the ground up to work as a home console. Not only does it connect to a television, it supports multiple controllers for local multiplayer, it will have split screen games, etc.

The PSP was designed to a be a true home console. TV support didn't come until the second model, PSP games only take like 50% of the screen, and it only does single player. Simply connecting to a TV doesn't make PSP and Switch equal.

The iPad or any number of Android tablets can do everything you described. I don't consider them home console. 

IMO it's a home console if it's actually competing in the home console market. This is really not.

While tablets can offer features similar as Switch, they lack the software support to make them compelling. I mean the best reaons to do that with a tablet is probably emulation.

Wii U was a pretty traditional home console but it was not going head on with Sony and MS. Does that mean it wasn't a home console? No. Nintendo is looking for an audience Sony and MS aren't spending billions to fight for.