| zorg1000 said: Switch....... |
Switch is a hybrid device. It is a handheld when it needs to be and a home console when it needs to be. More importantly, it is a handheld where it needs to be (hint: Japan) and a home console where it needs to be (hint: NA/EUR).
It's time to stop trying to fit the Switch's round peg into the square & triangle holes of the "handheld" and "home console" nomenclature.
| zorg1000 said: yep, its a hybrid which means it still counts as a "handheld gaming device" as well as a "home console". |
Semantics. It is both, therefore it is neither. Rol put it well:
| RolStoppable said: The catch is that Switch can't be used to gauge the state of the handheld market because virtually nobody is going to use the console exclusively as handheld. A like-for-like comparison with handhelds of the past is simply impossible. |
We can't measure the size of the handheld market by looking at Switch sales any more than we can claim home consoles are making a comeback in Japan if it becomes a huge hit there.
