I've posted about 25-35  times in this thread. I'm happy with how I've conducted myself but of course those who are unhappy are free to report me, and if the mods are unhappy with the thread they can close the thread.  

I'm not going to report some lighthearted trolling. I don't mind it.

Not trolling. It's just that the very weak counter arguments to my original point failed, then ganging up on me failed. Now people are resorting to calling me a troll to smear me and defame my character. 

Nonsense, it could have been a gaming console only. Wii and WiiU games are on DVDs but their focus was games only. Sony's main existence is to sell medium for people to watch TV and MOVIES, gaming come later. They will always ensure their game consoles double up for that purpose. 

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.

Lol I didn't mean to defame your character. I really did think you were trolling and didn't mean any offense when I said it. But I guess I just completely disagree with your thoughts on this subject so much that it makes more sense to me that you were trolling than actually believing your own arguments. 

Which is fine. You're probably a good guy either way. 

And the Wii can play DVDs. They are only softlocked out. Nothing that Letterbomb homebrew could not fix.

The PS2 had one of the highest software to hardware attach rates in console history, and that's without counting the millions of pirated games (millions of gamers, including several on VGChartz, bought zero games on it because they had it modded, which artificially skews towards weaker tie ratios). Whoever bought it "for the DVD player" ended up buying games on it.

It's widely considered the best console of all time, and it did not dominate due to DVDs.

I'll chime in again.

OP, technically you are right, Switch is not a hybrid, it's a handheld. Technically.

There's this thing with PCs that's been around for decades called "mobile workstation" of "desktop replacement computer (DTR)" - basically just a laptop, but usually larger, bulkier and more powerful. Nowhere near as portable as standard laptops. Nowhere near as powerful as proper desktop.

That in the nutshell is what Switch is when it comes to consoles - handheld built to serve as home console as well. It's neither very good handheld, due to very limited battery life and bulkiness, nor home console due to limited hardware inside of it. But that is what it's created to do.

Is it a hybrid? In the same sense DTRs are. Personally, I wouldn't call either a hybrid, with DTRs being type of laptop and Switch being type of handheld. But it does differ from other handhelds in its design purpose. Well, apart from Nomad I suppose, though I'd say Switch's dock and seamless transition from one mode to the other by just sliding it in/taking it out of it is what really differentiate it from Nomad.

So "Home Console Replacement" maybe? HCR?

You reminded me of this laptop trying to be a desktop replacement in 1997. From cost to power to peripherals to make it seem closer to a desktop PC.

Wow! That was a thick bastard!! I am no computerguy but despite its size its clearly a Laptop. Back to the Switch: Of course its a handheld technically! A PS2 is a homeconsole first and formore. Just because of the fact it plays DVDs, does not make it a DVD Player. A 3DS/ PSP is not a digital camera despite it having one (ok the 3DS has 2/3). They are handhelds.