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Hardstuck-Platinum 3 hours ago
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Cerebralbore101 said:

When you hook a PSP up to any TV this is what you get.

PSP doesn't output the correct resolution to fill either a CRT or a flatscreen entirely. Source: I actually owned a PSP and a set of component cables. I'm surprised by the number of youtube videos out there that completely ignore this. They show PS1 games or something else that has the rare ability to fill the screen.

Because PSP doesn't do home console play very well it is not a hybrid IMO.

Most TV's have a "fit to screen" option, where they will take an input resolution and then adjust it to fit the whole screen. If you don't like the low resolution you could just use an adapter to boost the resolution. There have been lots of consoles that didn't fit to a whole screen, like the European Sega genesis. It had black bars on the screen but that didn't make it any less of a console. 

160rmf said:
Hardstuck-Platinum said:

Being archaic and limited doesn't disqualify something from having it's status. Like you said, it would be like excluding gameboy as handheld for not having a touchscreen. There's no rules about home consoles having to have multiple controllers and local mutiplayer support, if there was the CDi could not classify as a home console. 

This is not about rules. This is about things they are able to pull.

CDi not having multiple controllers support was a cheap choice. Not something that was limited by the hardware form factor. We got consoles way before CDi that could do that

A handheld is able to play everywhere. Home console don't 

Home consoles are able to have multiple controllers. Handheld don't

You don't need multiple controllers to have a multiplayer experience. There is air hockey on smartphones where you can have two local players. There are also games on Wii U where you play multiplayer games with a single gamepad. You can't just tie local multiplayer and multiple controllers together as if they live and die with one another. 

Also, with an external screen and large external battery a home console would technically be able to be played anywhere, but calling it a portable console would be disingenuous