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Cerebralbore101 on 31 December 2019
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Pemalite said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Being able to play a select few titles on the Gamepad, while still being in your own house does not make it a portable system or a hybrid. 

It's semi portable as I can walk around several rooms and game without being tied to any physical cord.

Aka. Hybrid.



Cerebralbore101 said:

Right. "A hybrid console is a console that can be played both connected to the T.V. and out in the world running on its own battery power, without the need for a plug-in or TV connection. " Therefore Switch isn't a hybrid? That's a complete non-sequitur. My argument (bolded above) had nothing to do with a T.V. display output disqualifying something from being a hybrid. In fact my argument was the complete opposite. Having a T.V. display output is a key feature of a hybrid console. 

The WiiU has a TV display output as well, which is a key feature of a hybrid console.

Cerebralbore101 said:

You are correct that certain Android Tablets and phones with T.V. display output would technically qualify as hybrids. But they are terrible ones for obvious reasons that I won't get into here. 

Yes, Switch Lite is a portable, and not a hybrid. That's irrelevant though. 

No. All perfectly relevant.

Either way, Switch is a console with a heavier emphasis on being a portable gaming device, where-as the WiiU has a heavier emphasis on being a fixed home console.

I own both.

They can both be portable (With one being a little more restricted) and they can both be a fixed console. - They are both hybrids with differing caveats.

It's semi portable as I can walk around several rooms and game without being tied to any physical cord.

Aka. Hybrid.

In technology a hybrid is a device that takes some or all of the functions of two different devices and combines them into a single device. A washer/dryer combo or a V-22 Osprey are good examples of hybrids. A smartphone is a hybrid of a Phone, Computer, MP3 Player, and Digital Camera. I get what you are trying to say here. You are trying to say that walking around your house while playing is a function of a portable. And since Wii U combines that function and the home console function, it is thus a hybrid. I disagree with that though, because doing something poorly does not make a hybrid. A washer designed to spin your clothes out, at extreme speeds, until they are just slightly damp wouldn't qualify as a hybrid. An MP3 player with Wi-Fi calling (edit: and no ability to connect to a phone tower) wouldn't qualify as a smartphone. 

The WiiU has a TV display output as well, which is a key feature of a hybrid console.

Yes, having TV display output is a key feature of a hybrid. We agree, but you said it as if it somehow damages my argument. What's your point? 


No. All perfectly relevant.

How so? Explain. 

Either way, Switch is a console with a heavier emphasis on being a portable gaming device, where-as the WiiU has a heavier emphasis on being a fixed home console.

No, Switch does both equally well. We've had three generations of Nintendo home consoles (Wii, Wii U, Switch) being weaker machines than the contemporary competing home consoles. So as far as the Nintendo home console aspect is concerned Switch doesn't cut corners. Wii U on the other hand is a pseudo-portable, with only a very small selection of mainline Nintendo games actually having the off-TV play functionality. Most Nintendo games required both the gamepad screen and the TV screen to play. I can't speak for non-Nintendo games though, because Wii U had terrible 3rd party support that I didn't get into. 

You calling the Wii U a portable is as wrong as trying to call a motorcycle with a sidecar a car. 

Or trying to call this thing being dragged by a motorcycle a car. 



I own both.

Same. Hopefully they can finish porting the last four good games from Wii U over. That way my Wii U can be like...

Last edited by Cerebralbore101 - on 31 December 2019