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Intrinsic said:

padib said:

Well, the only way to answer it is to ask you: Is it a handheld?

You know the answer: it's both. It can be held in the hand, it's portable, but it can also be docked and played at home like a regular home console.

So those who are right are those that say "It's a home console" or "It's a portable."

Those who are wrong are those who say "It's not a home console" or "It's not a portable". Those are the ones who lack perception because the switch is both.

Analogies to help you understand.

A square is both a square and a rectangle. Those who are wrong are them who say that a square is not a rectangle.

Light is energy and matter. Those who are wrong are them that say that light is not matter.

Ok. So the Switch is not a Home console, and its not a handheld. Its a hybrid console. Basically something that can be used as either of them.

Which means, again... its not a HOME console. But I didn't expect I would et a direct answer from you anyways. 

This is what I understand a home console to be. A home console is a set-top box that you plug into a wall for power and plug it into your TV. You have to have a TV for it to work, and it must always be tethered to the wall for power. Do you have an issue with this definition?

Now a handheld console, this is a device, designed to be carried in your hands and is portable. It does not require you to tether it to the wall case it has its own built-in power source, it also does not require you to plug it to a TV because it has its own built-in TV. You can take it out of the box and it already has everything to work as is without any other external factors. Do you have a problem with this definition?

Is it possible to plug a handheld into a TV too? Absolutely. Is it possible to take a home console and build an enclosure for it with a monitor and power source? Absolutely.

This is not a complicated thing at all. The switch can be used as a home console. But its just unreasonable, to say its one simply because it can be plugged into a TV, because that is the ONLY similarity it shares with other devices that are actually called home consoles. The Switch does not need a TV to work. The PS4/XB1/PS3/360/Wii/PS2/XB1/Gamecube...etc ALL do.

If you still can't see the difference, then I give up.

It's like smartphones and tablets. They can run basically the same software, but they're still different devices. PS is a very different device compared to Switch, by all means while PS and Xbox are absolutely similar. They're the only true direct competitors.

Your last paragraph about the similarity case is so true and obvious.

But anyway, I might be crossing the line here in derailing the thread, so I'll gladly shut up. Sorry. This discussion will never end anyway.