The Nintendo Switch is generation...

[Shiken]

Pemalite said:

Shiken said:

No it wasn't, you were always tied to being where your TV was.  Just because you could play on the tablet controller right by your TV does not mean it offered portable gameplay.  I could not play mine from my truck during my break at work like I can the Switch or a dedicated handheld device, therefore it is not a portable by any means.

Yes it was.
The fact you had a tablet as a controller and can do off-screen gaming was a testament to that, the distance from your "base station/console" was just a limitation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-TV_Play

 

Off screen gaming and portable gaming are not the same thing.  The WiiU was a dedicated home console, not a  console/portable hybrid.

 

Shiken said:

Fair enough.  3rd gen, but first gen as a mainstream device.  Neither of those made the impact that the Switch is now.

It is one or the other. Because some of those other devices were "mainstream". - Or do you have another goal post to shift towards? I.E. Sales/Popularity?

 

What are you talking about?  I said the Switch was gen 3 then.  I am just simply pointing out that the Switch was the first one to make a real impact.  I never said it was not one way or the other lol.

 

Last edited by Shiken - on 23 December 2018