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

[160rmf]

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

160rmf said:

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 

Again pulling a straw man. Yeah, you listed local multiplayer experiences suitable for handhelds.

But syncing multiple external controllers on the same system is only possible on home consoles and you would have a local multiplayer experience suitable only for that configuration