Project Indy: The 3DS successor that was shelved

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JWeinCom said:

JackHandy said:

Technically, it's a hybrid. Which also means technically, it's not a home console. But it's pretty obvious to me that Nintendo pulled a fast one on all of us, including myself. Because not many years after it launched, they even released a dedicated handled version... which is something that never happened with the NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii and Wii-U. I think the the colossal commercial failure of the Wii-U was the last straw for Iwata, and that was the genesis behind their hybrid angle. Marketing it as a home console that could be taken out of the house instead of a handheld that could be played on the television was a genius diversion, and it worked. 

I'll ask the question in a different way. What is the Switch lacking that would have to be added to consider it a home console?

Dependence from external elements to function (continous electric current, a screen, a controller...). Since the Switch has all of that built in (it has a screen, it has a rechargeable battery, it has a controller), it is built as a portable device that can be taken away from the house and played everywhere. Home consoles cannot do that. Therefore, the Switch is a portable console that happens to be able to connect to a TV.

Is a laptop a desktop computer because you can put it on your desktop and use it as a desktop computer? Is and iPad a home device because you can project the image into a TV or a monitor?