Shiken said:
Pemalite said:
You can transfer data between consoles. Not overtly difficult.
Either way... The WiiU allows for (Albeit limited) portable off-screen gaming independent of the base console. - Meaning it is a hybrid design that deviates from traditional consoles that rely on an external display.
You can pick the WiiU gamepad up and move around with it. Making it portable.
"portable definition: 1. light and small enough to be easily carried or moved: 2. possible to take with you if you move to a different place or job: 3. small and light ..."
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/portable
False.
The WiiU Gamepad features a small chip which allows for the processing of streams. - h.264 decoding isn't done by magic you know. - Obviously there will also be associated caches for buffering that as well.
Good thing I am not the only one who believes it.
These guys believe the WiiU to be a hybrid: https://digitalbounds.com/2016/10/20/the-nintendo-switch-is-a-better-wii-u-hybrid-everything-we-know/
These guys agree as well: https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/30/nintendo-says-switch-will-beat-wii-u/
The main difference between the Hybrid natures of the Switch and WiiU is actually pretty simple.
The WiiU is a fixed console first, not a portable... Where-as the Switch is a Portable first, not a fixed console.
The WiiU is able to be used like a traditional fixed console Aka. Xbox/Playstation or as a handheld. Like the Switch. - Meaning it is 100% a hybrid device.
Otherwise, you might as well also state that the Switch isn't a Hybrid either... And that just would fly in the face of Nintendo's advertising material now would it?
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Well I am done with this. You are doing nothing but twist words and definitions while ignoring the entire point. Have a nice day and a Merry Xmas!
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Pemalite isn’t twisting words and definitions. He’s actually applying the meaning of said words and definition as they are.
The Wii U is a hybrid console, even if it has limitations that the Switch doesn’t have.
It is portable in a much more limited fashion than the Switch. Requiring the main console to function and serve as its wi-fi hub. But there is no denying it is still portable.
The way you argue about it, one could do the same with the Switch and say it isn’t a hybrid. It’s a portable, because similar to the Wii U Gamepad’s off TV feature, it requires a dock to function. If the Gamepad doesn’t make the Wii U an hybrid console, then the dock doesn’t make the Switch an hybrid console either. After all, it does no processing, stores no data, and is unplayable away from the portable unit.
