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

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Hardstuck-Platinum said:

Well, you're a moderator so it's up to you if the thread stays up? I'll respect your decision if you don't want it to.    

If Nomad was built from the ground up to be a handheld, then why does it feature an extra controller port built into it's shell to support 2 player on the TV? sounds like it was designed for TV play as one of it's features. So, switch is not even close to being unique, it's just very popular on this website, and the Nomad isn't. That's the difference. 

But yeah, I don't want to argue with the mods because I'm already unpopular enough on this website. 

Because the Nomad's development history is different from that of the Switch. The Nomad is sort of a follow-up to the Mega Jet, a portable Genesis that was designed to be played on airlines (hence the name) and had AV out to connect to a plane's TV, but no screen of its own. The Nomad was designed to be fully self-contained handheld unit, but was conceived of and marketed as a way to play Genesis games on the go. The box itself says "Portable Game System," while the ability to connect to a TV is put third in a list of bullet points on the back rather than a front-and-center feature. AV connectors and the AC adapter were sold separately. And, as always, *batteries not included.

For people who wanted to play Genesis games at home rather than on the go, it was a lot cheaper to buy a Genesis. The Nomad was $179 when it launched in late 1995, plus however much the cables & adapters were. A Genesis could be purchased for $99 at that point. Basically, you would have had to really, really want to play Genesis games on the go to own a Nomad. Meanwhile, the Switch was designed from the ground up and marketed to be playable as both a handheld and home console. It had everything it needed to do both right out the box. It wasn't simply a handheld that just happened to have the option to connect to a TV. Rather, TV connectivity was a key feature. It was right there front and center. It's even in the name. You could easily "Switch" between handheld or TV mode.

Also, cool your jets with the victim complex. We don't lock threads over mere differences in opinion. Let's all be grown-ups here. We're talking about electronic toys here. It's not a matter of life or death.

Cobretti2 said:

The fact is Sony uses gimmicks like that to move more consoles, and I have no issue with it. To say that PS2 is the best selling console because it was only a game machine is to b naïve. Many sued it as a chap DVD player du to V players costing too much.

By time the PS2 was released, you could buy DVD players for half the price of the PS2. DVD players had already been on the market for three years and had dropped significantly in price.