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

[Hardstuck-Platinum]

Zkuq said:

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

The problem with this logic is, if you can only ever talk about things you think people will care about you would be stuck with only talking about sports, attractive women and CoD. I know people don't care, but is that a reason to not start a thread on the topic? It basically just reads like "minor differences no-one cares about so why bring it up?" You could say that about so many things in life

No, but you shouldn't be surprised to not see people acting the way they do. Besides, like I said, your stance doesn't really seem to reflect people's feelings about the matter, so unless you want to change people's opinions, I'm not sure what you're hoping to achieve (and changing people's opinion's doesn't seem to be going strongly either).

When did I say I was surprised? There has been nothing surprising to me about people's reaction in this thread. The only thing that surprises is the people on here that call themselves gamers, are defending a handheld that isn't getting any big third party games anymore (apart from sonic/shadow generations) because the switch is so underpowered. Don't they want a more powerful platform that doesn't miss out on so many games?   

Cerebralbore101 said:

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

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.Â

Most TVs completely mess up the fit to screen effect and blowout the image or introduce input lag. Yes, you can use an adapter but only the expensive ones work very well. Feel free to suggest an adapter that is affordable. PSP doesn't just fail to fit to a screen. It doesn't even fill up half the real estate on the screen. This isn't just a few black bars kind of situation. A lot of TVs in 2005 when the PSP launched didn't even have component inputs. Especially 2nd hand TVs that would be in a kid's or teenager's room.

What makes Switch so great is that it simply docks and works. It sends the correct aspect ratio and resolution to all TVs without any issues or extra equipment to buy.

P.S. Here's what your Megadrive looks like with the PAL black bars. They are tiny. PSP leaves half the screen unfilled. Your Megadrive example is apples to oranges.

I know it's not a perfect comparison but my point was, we can't just disqualify consoles/handhelds without TV output from being considered as legitimate experience because the image they put out on a modern screen looks like turd. The hardware in the PSP is 20 years old, of course it's going to look like turd on a modern screen. If we go by that logic we would have to disqualify a lot of older consoles as well because they won't look good on modern screens either. 

Jumpin said:

Handheld and home console are just two different form factors of a dedicated gaming console.
A handheld has a screen and controls all in one portable device - generally capable of putting into your pocket.
A home console is to be played on the TV with separate controllers.
A hybrid console (like the Switch) can convert to both these things, and sometimes more (Switch can also be a small tablet device).

PSP is a handheld, and a plugging it into a TV doesn’t change that unless it uses separate controllers. Then it would be a hybrid.

"SP is a handheld, and a plugging it into a TV doesn’t change that unless it uses separate controllers. Then it would be a hybrid"

Well I'm glad you said that because on the PSP Go you can hook up a Dualshock 3 via Bluetooth and play it that way if you want. A true "hybrid" experience. 

OneTime said:

Out of the box, the PSP had no way to connect to a TV. So, no it wasn't a hybrid, The Switch is clearly intended to be both.

The distinction between home and mobile doesn't really matter any more. Mobile hardware is powerful enough to run any home console games (albeit with lower graphics settings)...

It costs millions to do the research and development on these handhelds/consoles. Why would Sony invest in adding a feature and intend for it not to be used? Yeah sure, they didn't do as good of a job with the marketing but just because they're attempt at getting people to play PSP's on their TV's failed, doesn't mean we can just disregard their effort and say it was never intended for TV play. 

Mobile hardware is powerful enough any home console game? How can you know that when mobile hardware is missing so many AAA games.