The PSP could connect to a TV, does that make it a home console?

[Hardstuck-Platinum]

bdbdbd said:

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

So now we're using multiple controllers and local multiplayer to define what makes a handheld into a home console hybrid. Well according to my research, most Philips CDi systems did not launch with multiplayer ports or support local multiplayer, only some newer models did. Do we just disqualify most Philips cdi's from existence as home consoles because they didn't support multiple controllers and have local mutiplayer? No, of course not. That would be silly

Yes, we actually should do that, because it wasn't even intended as a games console in the first place. Sony actually manufactured even a CD-i discman. The Philips system was Compact Disc interactive multimedia player. It did have games, but games clearly wasn't how the system was intended to be used.

It's classified as a home console. All the collectors who have them, have them as consoles. A console having a primary multimedia focus doesn't disqualify it from console status. Intention doesn't matter, function does. Why does everyone keep thinking intention overrides function.