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Chrkeller said:
Pemalite said:

It's a portable console.

It just has the ability to output it's video to an external display... Which I remind you is a feature that has existed in handhelds for decades as I have proven prior in this thread.

The Switch has a mobile display, battery to support it's mobile functionality, uses a mobile processing unit, mobile ram and other components.
It's "controllers" are also extremely tiny to aid in mobility.

And even docks like Microsoft Continuum mobile devices to recharge it's battery.

It's a mobile device... A gaming handheld. You are allowed to "agree to disagree" all you want, but that's not a magical scapegoat to asserting yourself as correct.

It plays exactly like a home console in my house.  Wireless controllers, local multi-player with the family, digital surround, external storage via USB.  

Feel free to point out another "mobile" device with those capabilities.

The switch is more than a mobile device with TV out.  It is a shame you can't see that.  

How you use it is irrelevant.

Many people use their laptops hooked up to a keyboard, mouse, display and speakers 24/7. Doesn't make it a desktop, it's still a laptop.

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I have my Samsung Galaxy Tab sitting in the Kitchen, which has a wireless controller where I can play local multiplayer with family, which outputs to the Blu-tooth digital sound system and connects to USB 20TB of external storage.

Does that mean my Tablet is also a fixed home console going by your definition?

We don't change what a devices form factor is based on usage... And that is what it is fundamentally about, form factor.

The Switch is a tablet with built-in controllers, just like the Steam Deck, Ayaneo, Asus ROG Ally and even devices like the Anbernic.

It's a handheld. It's technology is 100% purely handheld and mobile derived.



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