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This consoles are only things tied to TV's logic always seemed baffling to me. If, in the future, VR was the norm would a console that only connected to a vr system be a console according to your definition? Not that it matters.

You can play with a normal controller on a TV if that's what you want, and that's good for local multiplayer, which is the only reason I'd want to use something tied to TV. I don't use TVs for anything these days.

This whole discussion seems to be some sort of pointless semantic issue that would only matter if fitting whatever narrow personal definition of console you chose was in any way important.

Personally, I define both handhelds and home consoles as consoles as being tied to TV's is a strange thing to consider relevant. I don't define tablets as a console because, as with PCs, they are multi purpose.

If it offered full android app compatability and tablet funtionalityt I'd consider it a tablet... and that would be fine because it's extra features to a gaming oriantatied device.