Sega nomad was Nintendo Switch in the 90's

[GamingRabbit]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Pemalite said:

It's not both.

The Switch is a mobile device first and foremost with the functionality to output it's display.

It is built 100% around mobile hardware, battery, screen, processor, ram, storage... Everything is mobile.
It just has a dock that can pass video onto a seperate display...

* My tablet has a dock that allows me to output to a TV via HDMI to a display. STILL a mobile device and not a hybrid.
* My phone has a dock that allows me to output to a TV via HDMI to a display. STILL a mobile device and not a hybrid.

I even have an Android powered gaming tablet with built in physical controls that also outputs to a display via HDMI... Still a mobile device 100%.

Just because it has a dock does not mean it's not primarily a mobile device.

The fact there are variants which use the *exact* same hardware, the absolute exact, right down to the CPU and GPU type, that are mobile-only, just further reinforces the fact that the Switch is a mobile device, not a fixed home console.

The Switch is an absolutely fantastic mobile device, it's actually a really really terrible fixed home-console from a hardware point... But being able to dock is a value added incentive that sadly not everyone gets thanks to the Switch Lite... Well. Existing.

I would put that under false equivalency.

After all, even though you can connect them to the TV, they don't change their behavior (as in, clocking higher or lower depending on if they are docked or not) and more importantly, you don't change the input device. The Switch changes how you play and use it depending on being docked or not, but that's not true for your Tablet or phone.

No, you're getting something wrong.

The question whether switch is a hybrid or not is a hardware question and the clock speeds are entirely software based.

Nintendo could very well remove all limitations tomorrow and the system would still work as intended.

You could argue about the clocks if the switch would actually overclock to a point the internal fan is not enough anymore

and additional cooling - provided by the dock - would be necessary to prevent it from breaking down, but thats not the case.

There is a clear cut difference between portables, hybrids and home consoles and switch is not, and will never be a hybrid if Nintendo continues

the existing design.

The change in cspeed is no different than configuring your laptop to have max brightness when connected to a power source and

lower brightness when running on battery.

Just like how a laptop/smartphone/etc. dont become a tower pc just because you pluged a power adapter, ethernet or hdmi cable in,

the switch doesnt become a home console.

Also portables are allowed to use external displaying units without changing their definition, just like how stationary systems wont change theirs if they use

integrated screens. (Arcademachines, non-gaming machines like switches, old PCs, etc.)

Last edited by GamingRabbit - on 19 March 2021