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V-r0cK 2 days ago
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Hardstuck-Platinum said:
V-r0cK said:

I used my PSP as a home console for quite a bit when I was using the PSP Go docked and using a Dualshock 3 controller.

.....But it was never actually intended or marketed to be one, so I would say that it isn't. It was simply a handheld device that had an option to connect to TV but wasn't part of Sony's focus.

Was the Switch the first to be a handheld gaming device that could hook up to the TV to be used like a home console? No. But they are the first to market it as handheld and home console, and focused their entire generation based off that feature.

So, Sony went to all the trouble investing money into a feature that allowed you to hook up your PSP to the TV (with a DS3 controller no less), but you feel it's invalid compared to the switch because you feel it wasn't marketed well enough or was successful enough. The marketing/success is irrelevant. Sony invested money into a feature to be used by people. We can't invalidate that just because we feel the marketing wasn't right or it's success doesn't warrant mentioning it. 

All Sony did really was create wires to hook up to TV (and optional dock) just like every mobile/portable device would have. DS3 was already created for PS3 so with the PSP already having bluetooth in mind, it was a simple matter of connecting them together. Sony hardly invested much at all into the PSP to connect to TV that wasn't already established because it wasn't a feature they were focusing on. It was called "PS Portable" because that was the feature they were focusing on.

Are you also going to say Laptops are also home consoles? For a long time laptops had, and still has, the capabilities of connecting to TV too.  Hook that up, load up Steam or emulators with a controller and it does just the same.