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xl-klaudkil on 15 November 2025
Kyuu said:

Portal shouldn't count as a PS5, because it doesn't natively run PS5 games.

Switch Lite should count as a Switch, because it does natively run Switch games AND it has no exclusives (unlike Game Boy Color which had hundreds of games that didn't work on Game Boy).

But can it switch?

Or is it a handheld only?

Nobody seems to be able to answer that simple question.



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Kyuu on 15 November 2025
xl-klaudkil said:
Kyuu said:

Portal shouldn't count as a PS5, because it doesn't natively run PS5 games.

Switch Lite should count as a Switch, because it does natively run Switch games AND it has no exclusives (unlike Game Boy Color which had hundreds of games that didn't work on Game Boy).

But can it switch?

Or is it a handheld only?

Nobody seems to be able to answer that simple question.

It can't lol. It is handheld only.



TheRealSamusAran on 15 November 2025
xl-klaudkil said:
Kyuu said:

Portal shouldn't count as a PS5, because it doesn't natively run PS5 games.

Switch Lite should count as a Switch, because it does natively run Switch games AND it has no exclusives (unlike Game Boy Color which had hundreds of games that didn't work on Game Boy).

But can it switch?

Or is it a handheld only?

Nobody seems to be able to answer that simple question.

The 2DS can't 3D but it's counted together with 3DS, the PS5 can't use PSSR but it's counted together with PS5 Pro. Your argument is cope of the highest caliber.



RedKingXIII on 15 November 2025
xl-klaudkil said:
Kyuu said:

Portal shouldn't count as a PS5, because it doesn't natively run PS5 games.

Switch Lite should count as a Switch, because it does natively run Switch games AND it has no exclusives (unlike Game Boy Color which had hundreds of games that didn't work on Game Boy).

But can it switch?

Or is it a handheld only?

Nobody seems to be able to answer that simple question.

It's the same console.

It runs the same games. It has the same OS. The eShop is identical between the 3 Switch models.

The form factor doesn't matter. The PlayStation TV is still a PS Vita.

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super_etecoon on 15 November 2025

I will pose this question:

Many have requested a TV only Switch. They’ve requested it by that name. They say they don’t want to pay extra for a screen but they just want to play the Switch games. Again, their words, not mine.

If Nintendo were to have made a TV-only Switch and you were to buy it, would you own a Switch? A TV-only Switch? Would you then be a Switch owner playing Switch games on your device that only hooks up to the TV? Or should that be counted as another console entirely?



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CourageTCD on 15 November 2025

For god sake, why are people trying to say that a Switch Lite is not a Switch? What is it then? An Atari 2600? And why is this conversation taking placing in the tread about the Switch hitting 160 million units? Some questions to think about



CourageTCD on 15 November 2025
super_etecoon said:

I will pose this question:

Many have requested a TV only Switch. They’ve requested it by that name. They say they don’t want to pay extra for a screen but they just want to play the Switch games. Again, their words, not mine.

If Nintendo were to have made a TV-only Switch and you were to buy it, would you own a Switch? A TV-only Switch? Would you then be a Switch owner playing Switch games on your device that only hooks up to the TV? Or should that be counted as another console entirely?

"If Nintendo were to have made a TV-only Switch and you were to buy it, would you own a Switch?"
Yes
"Would you then be a Switch owner playing Switch games on your device that only hooks up to the TV?"
Yes
"Or should that be counted as another console entirely?"
No



angrypoolman on 15 November 2025
super_etecoon said:

I will pose this question:

Many have requested a TV only Switch. They’ve requested it by that name. They say they don’t want to pay extra for a screen but they just want to play the Switch games. Again, their words, not mine.

If Nintendo were to have made a TV-only Switch and you were to buy it, would you own a Switch? A TV-only Switch? Would you then be a Switch owner playing Switch games on your device that only hooks up to the TV? Or should that be counted as another console entirely?

It would obviously still be a switch



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super_etecoon on 15 November 2025
CourageTCD said:
super_etecoon said:

I will pose this question:

Many have requested a TV only Switch. They’ve requested it by that name. They say they don’t want to pay extra for a screen but they just want to play the Switch games. Again, their words, not mine.

If Nintendo were to have made a TV-only Switch and you were to buy it, would you own a Switch? A TV-only Switch? Would you then be a Switch owner playing Switch games on your device that only hooks up to the TV? Or should that be counted as another console entirely?

"If Nintendo were to have made a TV-only Switch and you were to buy it, would you own a Switch?"
Yes
"Would you then be a Switch owner playing Switch games on your device that only hooks up to the TV?"
Yes
"Or should that be counted as another console entirely?"
No

I hope you didn’t think I was making the opposite point. I’m showing the absurdity of the folks claiming that the Switch Lite shouldn’t count toward the sales of the Switch. Seems like a no brainer to me, but leave it to folks that just want to argue about anything. 



CourageTCD on 15 November 2025
super_etecoon said:
CourageTCD said:

"If Nintendo were to have made a TV-only Switch and you were to buy it, would you own a Switch?"
Yes
"Would you then be a Switch owner playing Switch games on your device that only hooks up to the TV?"
Yes
"Or should that be counted as another console entirely?"
No

I hope you didn’t think I was making the opposite point. I’m showing the absurdity of the folks claiming that the Switch Lite shouldn’t count toward the sales of the Switch. Seems like a no brainer to me, but leave it to folks that just want to argue about anything. 

I actually thought you were making the opposite point. I'm glad it's not the case. I could have quoted other people here, but I chose you just bc you were the most recent in the thread. But yeah, calling a Switch Lite not a Switch is non-sense