Why Sonys Play Station is the standard for home consoles since 1994 ?

[JWeinCom]

DonFerrari said:

JWeinCom said:

I didn't actually say it was a console. But whatever you call it, it's a pretty direct competitor to the PS4.

I don't know if I'd agree that their handhelds have been more successful.  Even if it were the case though, I don't think that really makes a difference to what the Switch is.  I'm also not sure why concessions would really make a difference.

What exactly would make it qualify as a console?  Say Nintendo instead of deciding to go the portable route decided that they just wanted to make a really cheap console.  They put all of the guts of the Switch in a box that is pretty much exactly the same as the switch, except it didn't have a screen, and it had an hdmi out directly on the console.  Is this machine a console?

A very significant portion of the budget gone to make it portable, you could have the same performance for probably 1/2 or even 1/3 of the price if it was a home console (would be a weak console) or you could have a performance higher than PS4 for the price they demanded.

If their handheld was much more sucesfull than their console business which would make more sense to keep?

I don't think the budget or relative success of each market has any bearing on the matter.  I'm focusing on the actual machine itself.

If they released the exact same processing hardware without any portability, it seems that you're saying that would make it a console.  So taking what would be a console and putting a screen on it would make it not a console?