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Intrinsic on 12 February 2017
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tbone51 said:
Bandorr said:
I am curious to see what Sony and Microsoft consider the switch is.

I wonder if either will try to "claim" #1 by classifying the switch as something else.
Handheld, hybrid, or "anywhere console" (as opposed to home console).

Lol true. Sony wont spin it but i think ms pr will xD

 

Its a home console that has a portable mode. I mean its obvious but people will be people

honestly its not that obvious.

Anyone could legitemately just as easily say its a portable console with a home mode.

When you rally think of it, as a console it has way more things that makes it a portable console than it does that makes it a home console. Its got a screen, battery and the same unit you see the screen on is the same place you insert the games. Doesn't get any more portable than that.

I think what is obvious is that people are moving the posts. A "home" console is a console that cannot function without being connected to a display. A portable console has its own display. The Switch is a portable console that can also be plugged into a TV via the dock.