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Hardstuck-Platinum 2 days ago
SuperJortendo said:
Hardstuck-Platinum said:

I know, but it doesn't matter what it's "sold as". Just because Sony didn't show the feature as a selling point to the consumers, doesn't mean it can be discounted as having the same feature as the switch

How about the fact that the Switch can be played on the TV out of the box with no add ons needed?

So we can't consider the PSP a home console because it required you to buy an extra cable, whereas the switch didn't?

Mnementh said:
Hardstuck-Platinum said:

I see a lot of people claiming the NSW is a home console because it connects to a TV via a passthrough box. Well, the PSP could also connect/be played on a TV via a cable. If you consider the NSW a home console because it connects to a TV via passthrough, then you must be consistent and consider the PSP a home console too. What do you think about this, and people being inconsistent with their views towards PSP and NSW both being "home consoles", even when they had the same feature. 

You can connect a lot of phones to TVs too, but they are seen as mobile devices. What matters is not so much what is theoretically possible, but more how people actually use it. The PSP was mostly used mobile, so it is a handheld. The Switch is actually used by many connected to the TV, while others use it mobile. Which makes it a hybrid. Some japanese played the WiiU on the train, but it was used by most in the household, so it is not a mobile device. What matters is not so much what could be theoretically done, but more what it is actually used for.

Well according to everyone on this site (and Xbox lol)  phones are home consoles too then. 

KLXVER said:

The first PSP model couldnt play games on a TV. Its a handheld that they with later models made able to connect to a TV. The Switch was made with that in mind.

I know but that doesn't change that they have the same feature and must be thought of in a similar way

AddRat said:

It depends on its sales.

If the PSP was currently close to 150m, was still being produced and had a very real chance of passing 160m, it would be a handheld, a console, a hybrid and a toaster.

Trying to say that Nintendo fans are comparing it things they shouldn't because of it's sales?



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Geralt99 2 days ago

There is literally a SKU of Switch that is solely a handheld (Switch lite).
By that fact alone, Switch doesn't qualify as a home console.






Hardstuck-Platinum 2 days ago
SuperJortendo said:
Hardstuck-Platinum said:

Just because something is technically portable, doesn't make it a portable device. I see what your trying to do though

Just because something can technically play games on a TV doesn't make it a home console. I see what you're trying to do though

For a gaming device to qualify as portable, it must have an inbuilt battery and screen. No-one is disputing that



Otter 2 days ago

I don't think the distinction is especially meaningful but the crux of the Switch is that it is intended to be connected to a TV and that is how it was marketed and why many people bought one.

PSP connecting to a TV is just possible function, its marketed as a handheld and that is its intended use. Switch however is both.



Hardstuck-Platinum 2 days ago
Geralt99 said:

There is literally a SKU of Switch that is solely a handheld (Switch lite).
By that fact alone, Switch doesn't qualify as a home console.




You're right but you are in the minority here with that belief. I don't want to take away from Switch's success, I just want us to put it in the right catagory



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Random_Matt 2 days ago

It is simply a handheld that can be played on a TV/monitor. I can do the same with many devices and they are not called hybrids. It was just some marketing buzzword for the fan base to suck up to. On another note, Nintendo would make more money by releasing a stand alone box; I do not want to pay for a touch screen with detachable controllers. I am pro choice and Nintendo could save me some money, it is a complete waste of money if you do not play it portable.



Hardstuck-Platinum 2 days ago
Otter said:

I don't think the distinction is especially meaningful but the crux of the Switch is that it is intended to be connected to a TV and that is how it was marketed and why many people bought one.

PSP connecting to a TV is just possible function, its marketed as a handheld and that is its intended use. Switch however is both.

So it's all just down to marketing and why people bought it? You can market something how you want but it doesn't change facts. The fact is, they both had the same feature, marketing or not. 



firebush03 2 days ago

Lol Hardstuck, just give it up already. Quit arguing about some useless label.

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Otter 2 days ago
Hardstuck-Platinum said:
Otter said:

I don't think the distinction is especially meaningful but the crux of the Switch is that it is intended to be connected to a TV and that is how it was marketed and why many people bought one.

PSP connecting to a TV is just possible function, its marketed as a handheld and that is its intended use. Switch however is both.

So it's all just down to marketing and why people bought it? You can market something how you want but it doesn't change facts. The fact is, they both had the same feature, marketing or not. 

It down to semantics. What is a home console? If I google I get this:

"A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games"

That is a core designation and design of the Switch. Until you made this post I have not heard anyone connecting their PSP to a TV, its just something that is possible its not a cornerstone of its intended design and use. Just because I can use the heat exhaust from my laptop to warm my room doesn't make it a radiator lol



IcaroRibeiro 2 days ago

I think since it has a handheld only version, it will not be the best selling "home console" unless OG model + Oled pass 160 million, which is not happening since Lite accounts for 24 million of its total copies

Otherwise, it will still be the best selling dedicated gaming console because Switch family is certainly crossing 160 million