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

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.

No of course I wouldn't. It's simple, anything with a battery and a screen is a portable console/device and anything that doesn't have battery or screen is a home console/device. To the people on here though, the switch can be considered a home console because it connects to a TV and plays games. Well by that logic, phones are consoles, laptops are consoles and the PSP was a console. 

Also, the PSP 1.0 didn't have the feature. Sony DID invest in the feature for the later models, and I'm sure if they invested in it, they intended for it to be used. 

You'll be glad to hear all modern consoles have at least one internal battery :D

And a home console can have a screen and portable power supply (PS One)

But in spite of your insistence, there is no industry objection to a home console having portable functionality. These are not scientific particles, they're consumer electronics where the definitions are industry terms defined by function and intention. A home console is called so because its designed to be played at home, connected to a display in a living room setting. A portable console is called so because it is designed to play on the go. A device can be designed with both of these functions in mind and meet both criteria. Just as a console can double as DVD player. 

The real question is where is the meaning in forcing a binary distinction, what is the end-game/value in that?