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theprof00 said:
Game_God said:
BraveNewWorld said:
toy
toi/
noun
noun: toy; plural noun: toys; modifier noun: toy

1.
an object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something.

No. Gaming consoles are conduits for digital media mainly consumed by adults.

 

toy

noun ˈti

: something a child plays with

: something that an adult buys or uses for enjoyment or entertainment

: something that is very small

That conflicts with several posts you've made above.

No it does not. A toy can be: "something that an adult buys or uses for enjoyment or entertainment" but not all things an adult buys or uses for enjoyment/entertainment are toys, i.e. an adult can buy a gun for enjoyment/entertainment, in a lot of countries you can  buy a woman for enjoyment/entertainment, some people buy drugs for enjoyment/entertainment, does it make all of these things toys???

What you were reading is: " a toy car is made of metal & plastic, therfore all things made of metal & plastic are toy cars", which is not what the definition means.



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I would have called the original Game boy a toy but nowadays consoles have more uses than just playing games so I'd call them entertainment devices rather than just toys



Keybladewielder said:

I would have called the original Game boy a toy but nowadays consoles have more uses than just playing games so I'd call them entertainment devices rather than just toys


Yes but their primary function is to be a toy. When you speak of an iPhone, you call it a telephone despite it having, gaming, camera, internet, geolocalisation... functions because its primary function is be to be a telephone, sames as today cars which have internet, phone, consoles, blu-ray players, they are primarly cars!



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No its not its a blue ray player that can also play videogames



Its an expensive toy.



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Twenty years ago maybe, today ... no.

Game consoles have evolved to be entertainment devices primarily, honestly I spend more time watching Netflix and Hulu on my primary console than I do playing games on it.



It´s a great toy that we can play with all our life :).



Game_God said:
Eddie_Raja said:
Yes. So are Lamborghini's and Speed boats. Toys.


No!

Yes they are. Cars may be tools, but when you decide for a Lamborghini then you don't think about getting fast and safe to your work.



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