| Alistair said: It's not about being a purist, it is clearly not a home console. The power level is mobile. There's a reason the mobile only Switch lite exists. Being able to be plugged into a TV doesn't make it a home console. The Vita wasn't a home console either just because you could plug it in. |
It's both. And it's okay to be both.
The Wii U is a hybrid console as well, albeit it's portability is much more constrained.
| RedKingXIII said: So uh... is PlayStation TV also not a home console because it's mobile hardware...? |
It is a home console. The internal chips are irrelevant.
| tripenfall said: Everyone is wondering how Switch will compete against a 12 Teraflop console. I'm wondering how a 12 Teraflop console for $600 competes against a console that could see a $50 price drop and be $349 or $249 (for the Lite) with thousands of games available and an install size of 60 million units? |
It won't compare.
The Switch is built using 8th gen hardware with 8th gen hardware feature sets, which has lent itself to receiving impressive ports.
Obviously the Switch's hardware (nVidia Maxwell based) is more efficient and has a few extra features that the Graphics Core Next derived Playstation 4 and Xbox One does not... (Expected being several years newer) But it's going to be orders of magnitude inferior on all fronts compared to next gen.
But it also might not matter, Nintendo has proven several times that graphics isn't everything, it matters to some of course... Personally as a Switch owner I am not a fan of that tiny, low-resolution display... But if they keep pumping out charming looking games like Zelda: Links Awakening remake, I am not going to give a shit.
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