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Cerebralbore101 on 06 December 2024
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Hardstuck-Platinum said:
Hardstuck-Platinum said:

I forgot about things like the ROG ally and steam deck but I would like to change my answer anyway. A portable is a platform that contains a screen and battery and a home console is one that needs to be connected to TV and mains socket. Why should we do away with the distinction between portables and home consoles? They're both very different. Power and specs are irrelevant.

Evilms said:

THANK YOU for this post. A picture says 1000 words. All these platforms here are considered handhelds but can do exactly the same as the Switch. Why does the switch get a special category for it when all the others don't? It's not fair on the other platforms

Cerebralbore101 said:

What if the image they put on an old screen looks like a turd too? Whether you use a modern TV or a CRT PSP will only fill 1/3rd the screen. Certain TVs from 20 years ago had a "fill screen" mode and other input lag causing annoyances too.


PSP doesn't qualify as a hybrid because...

1. You needed to buy extra parts such as component cables and scalers to get it to play correctly on a TV. Switch has everything in the box ready to go.
2. It didn't have a separate control method outside of the portable mode. A.K.A. it didn't have a Pro controller or other non-handheld controller.
3. It could only play a small selection of games that were ported from PS2.
4. The 1K model didn't have the port to make use of external cables for TV play. That's the launch model.
5. You couldn't do 2 or more players on PSP without having a second unit.

Overall if you want to call the PSP a proto-hybrid, like the Wii U, or the Genesis Nomad I'll agree with that. Let's just agree that Switch finally got the hybrid concept right and did everything that hybrid systems needed to do. It was a revolutionary design.

Look at those pictures in this post I quoted. Does the PSP image on the TV look like turd? Looks fine to me. There is even a Dualshock 3 you can connect to it too.  It is not fair on all those devices to just call them "proto- hybrids' and the switch a full hybrid. This is not about me taking things away from switches success it's about not discarding that others have done the same. How is that fair?

1- Do we say the N64 didn't have rumble just because the attachable accessory to the controller didn't come included in the box? No we don't. You can't just disregard a consoles features because things didn't come in the box. 

2 - Yes it did. DS3 could be connected to a PSP go that was TV connected. 

3- What's the library got to do with a platforms features?

4- Switch lite is a strict handheld only and has no docking capability but people still call it a switch and include it's sales with the switch. If switch was true hybrid the sales would be separated. 

5- You can connect multiple controllers/phones connected to an android phone, have it connected it to the TV and play multiplayer on it, doesn't make it a hybrid. 

Haha, perhaps the PSP Go finally got the aspect ratio and scaling correct. I know the regular model PSPs did not. I would have to see it in person though because a lot of times crappy scaling will look fine until you see it in person.

Also, I will admit that there's no such thing as a hybrid system. You are either a handheld or not. The Switch just so happens to be a very powerful handheld for it's time and pricepoint in 2017. But to answer your thread, no the PSP is not a home console. It is a handheld like the Switch. Why? Because it can be played on the go without any extra hardware. No, PSPortal is not a handheld. It needs external stuff to play that isn't included. It's just a screen.