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

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Hardstuck-Platinum said:

bdbdbd said:

Computer operates like the program you're using tells it to, doesn't matter if the program is operating system, a game or a spreadsheed app. On a technical level, computer is the circuitry required to do computing. Videogame consoles are a type of computers that are called videogame consoles because of the task they're designed to perform, which is to play videogames. 

OK. We're overcomplicating this. Computers are open platforms, consoles are closed platforms. To develop a game on console in a professional way you need a development kit and permission to release the game from the console maker. People are trying to be smart and bamboozle with me technical jargon about computers but why are we comparing open platforms to closed platforms? 

Not we, you are.

Actually Atari VCS/2600 and Famicom weren't closed platforms in the way you suggest. Anyone could make and release a game on the systems. PS4/5 are the same hardware as your typical PC. The reason why "not anyone can" release a game on PS5 for example, or Xbox 360 or N64, is because they're designed as such closed platforms.