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Wyrdness on 05 January 2017
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Pemalite said:

Nintendo is advertising it as a device that competes with Home consoles.
It has a dock to use it in a stationary position.
Ergo it can and should be compared to the Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC.

The kind of hardware it has is irrellevent.
You can pick up a Voyo with a battery, mobile CPU, GPU, sans-screen and it's still a stationary device.

It's how Nintendo has portrayed the device that matters, as soon as they hooked it up to the TV via the Dock in it's reveal, it was competing for the same screen as Microsoft and Sony, ergo. It's competing with those platforms.

They can advertise it as a family car it still doesn't change his point because as far as portable platforms go the is only one choice people have after Vita and 3DS, the marketing is a tactical approach as they're marketing it more as a portable device that can compare with home platforms. This gives it a more cutting edge appeal for those coming from 3DS and Vita as the jump from those devices is huge, connecting to a TV doesn't really mean competing with MS and Sony as PCs can connect to TVs as well.