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[EDMIX]

How ironic. How very ironic.

Before you waste any energy, I actually own all the systems...soooooo

Playing the PSP on a TV never had me calling it a "home console" lol This simply sounds like massive cope.

The hardware inside it is a portable, that is what it is folks.


OMG Look, a desktop computer! I mean, it plays on the tv and was MADE to do it, a computer PLUS on a desk, thus must be a desktop bro /s

the wild technical advancement that made it a "desktop"

lol

 

[TKOFromTokyo]

Sony literally released the PS Vita TV which was a vita without a screen intended to be connected to a TV only. Guess how popular that was? About as popular as a Switch without a portable screen.

Once again, it didn't change how the games played on the tv vs how they played portably. The Switch was specifically designed to output games differently on a tv vs portably. Hence, it's different than a simple portable and is in fact a hybrid.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

But they were the first ones to lose in the Sony, Nintendo, and MS war.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Before you waste any energy, I actually own all the systems...soooooo

Playing the PSP on a TV never had me calling it a "home console" lol This simply sounds like massive cope.

The hardware inside it is a portable, that is what it is folks.


OMG Look, a desktop computer! I mean, it plays on the tv and was MADE to do it, a computer PLUS on a desk, thus must be a desktop bro /s

I also own everything also. Doesn't mean much around here apparently. You're either also a fanboy (I repeat multiple times I'm a Nintendo fanboy. People know the score), or you're just an idiot, because you're posting idiotic fanboy takes.

I'd respect you more if you were a fanboy, because at least that'd explain the cope, because if you're not a fan boy then oohhh boy are you something.

 

[EDMIX]

Once again, it didn't change how the games played on the tv vs how they played portably. The Switch was specifically designed to output games differently on a tv vs portably. Hence, it's different than a simple portable and is in fact a hybrid.

Sir, that is still a portable.

None of what you are saying magically makes it not one btw. That is still a portable, its hardware is portable, it has a screen, I don't know what to tell you. A Better portable, sure, a better designed one? I agree.

Still makes it portable.

A laptop literally will play all its games just like a desktop, simply with less power, but still will play games, but the ability for it to play on a tv doesn't change its hardware, its still very much a portable and that is not the same as a desktop.

 

[EDMIX]

I also own everything also. Doesn't mean much around here apparently. You're either also a fanboy (I repeat multiple times I'm a Nintendo fanboy. People know the score), or you're just an idiot, because you're posting idiotic fanboy takes.

I'd respect you more if you were a fanboy, because at least that'd explain the cope, because if you're not a fan boy then oohhh boy are you something.

? I own all the systems and I've never referred to a Portable like the PSP or DS or anything like that as a home console solely based on the ability to play on a TV. I have never done that to a phone or a laptop or anything fucking weird like that, I don't see how the Switch magically must be called something different to fucking argue with people.

it sounds like cope to me.

Why wasn't this argued with PSP? A laptop? A phone? Those have the ability to play on TVs. So I don't fanboy for anything, I'm calling it how I see it. These fake narratives never existed regarding other devices that could out to TVs until this company left the home console market with the Wii U and opted to just make a Portable with the Switch ala PSP with the AV out option.

The name calling and personal attack is where I have to draw the line bud. Added to the ignore.

 

[TKOFromTokyo]

Sir, that is still a portable.

None of what you are saying magically makes it not one btw. That is still a portable, its hardware is portable, it has a screen, I don't know what to tell you. A Better portable, sure, a better designed one? I agree.

Still makes it portable.

A laptop literally will play all its games just like a desktop, simply with less power, but still will play games, but the ability for it to play on a tv doesn't change its hardware, its still very much a portable and that is not the same as a desktop.

The console specifically plays differently portably than on the tv. Like I said in my initial response to you, they lost the home console war to Sony. They chose this hybrid route. Unlike the portables before it, it was specifically designed to play games differently on a tv screen. It's a hybrid. My laptop isn't designed to operate with increased performance in my docking station or plugged into my tv.

 

[Tazzu]

Nintendo is also the least deserving

 

[EDMIX]

it was specifically designed to play games differently on a tv screen.

And? That would be the same logical advancement you'd see from the PSP series if it contineud cause it already had a AV out

You'd just see a HDMI out, a 4K out etc as it continued.

That doesn't change it being a portable, you are merely stating the feature to out it made it better...thats sorta moot. That is a given considering the date it released. If Sony released a Portable in 2017, 2018 etc, it would have HD, using HDMI and clearly out differently with the given technology.

So this is a portable lol

My laptop isn't designed to operate with increased performance in my docking station or plugged into my tv.

lol yet it could though annnnnnd it would still be a portable.

So I want to be clear, nothing you are saying has ever changed how we've labeled those devices in other industries. You have phones that can act as mini projectors, be outed to 4K, you have phones that literally can play console games, but have never actually lumped in those devices with "home consoles" anymore then we have with Laptops just based on "doCKinG" into some device. This narrative makes little sense cause what they are doing, has been done in other industries without anyone trying to force a label of the device magically being something else.

We understood it was a phone, we get its a laptop, just like many of us get Switch is a portable....


Put it like this, that is like me saying PS6 is not a home console, its a DESKTOP hybrid cause

1. PS6 is more powerful, the last system was not as powerful.

2. PS6 has a web browser, thus desktop hybridz

lol What you are saying is based on a given of how tech moves from generation to generation, it is however not altering the terms of what we consider Portable or home console, just like PS6 magically would not be a "desktop hybridz" based on things its doing, that PS5 didn't do, it merely means its a better home console, nothing more.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

? I own all the systems and I've never referred to a Portable like the PSP or DS or anything like that as a home console solely based on the ability to play on a TV. I have never done that to a phone or a laptop or anything fucking weird like that, I don't see how the Switch magically must be called something different to fucking argue with people.

it sounds like cope to me.

Why wasn't this argued with PSP? A laptop? A phone? Those have the ability to play on TVs. So I don't fanboy for anything, I'm calling it how I see it. These fake narratives never existed regarding other devices that could out to TVs until this company left the home console market with the Wii U and opted to just make a Portable with the Switch ala PSP with the AV out option.

The name calling and personal attack is where I have to draw the line bud. Added to the ignore.

I mean, you're the one in here arguing. I don't have anything to prove to myself or to anyone else. But you apparently do. You're the one who entered a thread about Nintendo winning the console war with butt hurt arguments. Anyway, you're gonna need to polish up your argument for the main event. This won't fly there.

 

[Amicus]

Congratulations Nintendo for winning a war that ultimately means nothing. Anyone that has a good PC could care less about who wins the current "console war " .

 

[OLED_Gamer]

Who would have thought that hardware with unique and good software would sell well?

 

[subzero83]

Congratulations Nintendo for winning a war that ultimately means nothing. Anyone that has a good PC could care less about who wins the current "console war " .

I mean its almost same thing for anyone who has ps5, descent hardware and get basically every game in the industry except for Nintendo games. with nintendo console you need a PC for good hardware, and third party games, plus you are stuck at ps4 level hardware at 1080p/30fps. If he is talking about sales switch 2 it not even come gonna close to being profitable at ps5. PC is the ultimate winner cause you can get nintendo games with a little work.

 

[kazuyamishima]

Man oh man do I look forward to your posts in the "Switch surpasses PS2 to become the best selling console of all time" thread.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

I mean its almost same thing for anyone who has ps5, descent hardware and get basically every game in the industry except for Nintendo games. with nintendo console you need a PC for good hardware, and third party games, plus you are stuck at ps4 level hardware at 1080p/30fps. If he is talking about sales switch 2 it not even come gonna close to being profitable at ps5. PC is the ultimate winner cause you can get nintendo games with a little work.

For the record, I believe recent data shows that Nintendo makes more raw profit than PlayStation even though PlayStation makes much more revenue. PlayStation generates more revenue, Nintendo generates more profit.

 

[playbignbox]

How long to beat confirms this

Platform 1 on this list: You play everything at the best possible preset, with the highest resolution, frame rate, mods, the controller you want, and paying less for the game.

Platform 2 on this list: You play the best exclusives on the market and have the option to play on TV or portable, as you prefer.

The rest of the list is dispensable.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Platform 1 on this list: You play everything at the best possible preset, with the highest resolution, frame rate, mods, the controller you want, and paying less for the game.

Platform 2 on this list: You play the best exclusives on the market and have the option to play on TV or portable, as you prefer.

The rest of the list is dispensable.

Sony is still relevant as long as Gran Turismo stays exclusive. That's what will keep me buying PlayStations.

 

[EDMIX]

Platform 1 on this list: You play everything at the best possible preset, with the highest resolution, frame rate, mods, the controller you want, and paying less for the game.

Platform 2 on this list: You play the best exclusives on the market and have the option to play on TV or portable, as you prefer.

The rest of the list is dispensable.

I think most agree with 1

2 and 3 are debatable as that is more so based on personal taste.

I'm surprised PS4 is still around with so many still playing (I blame Fortnite, but I like seeing PS4 get support to anger SlimySnake and to delay PS5 gen titles lol )

wait, it says Switch, did Switch 2 not make the list? Do they just count it as 1 thing?

 

[LordOcidax]

Looks like Nintendeen has an adversary .

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

wait, it says Switch, did Switch 2 not make the list? Do they just count it as 1 thing?

I think that list is based on specific games and not consoles actually being played. Since it's "howlongtobeat" it probably means games on those systems had the most play time. So if someone was playing a Switch 1 game on Switch 2 and they were using that site, it'd be recorded as a Switch 1 game.

Same deal for PS4 on there. That could be high up because PS5 players were playing PS4 games.

Even PS2 is on that list. There's no way they'd be able to track console play time, but recorded game playtime users submit and they tie that game playtime to the console of origin.

 

[Deerock71]

Nintendo is also the least deserving

Oh, no. Other multi-

billion dollar companies deserve it more.

 

[Three]

Once again, it didn't change how the games played on the tv vs how they played portably. The Switch was specifically designed to output games differently on a tv vs portably. Hence, it's different than a simple portable and is in fact a hybrid.

Laptops have had a "battery saving" and a "performance" profile when plugged in for decades. It didn't make them less capable of being plugged into a monitor when they didn't have this or more a desktop now than before. They didn't suddenly become desktop computers when that was introduced and plugging into a monitor wasn't an afterthought before performance profiles. Not sure how that is relevant. They didn't suddenly become classed as "hybrids" because of it.

 

[playbignbox]

Sony is still relevant as long as Gran Turismo stays exclusive. That's what will keep me buying PlayStations.

That's why exclusives are so important. Gran Turismo isn't my cup of tea, but I also like some that are locked to Sony consoles, like Astro Bot, but there's no way I'm buying a system because of 2-3 exclusives. I'd rather wait for the PC port or emulate it in a decade, as is already happening with Bloodborne. There are plenty of games available to worry about just a few. Hopefully, Sony will increase the number of exclusives to justify buying their hardware, or simply port everything without any distinction.

 

[subzero83]

For the record, I believe recent data shows that Nintendo makes more raw profit than PlayStation even though PlayStation makes much more revenue. PlayStation generates more revenue, Nintendo generates more profit.

I was talking about switch 2, with ram prices gong up and looking at November sales WW, plus software sales in general this thing is not gonna touch ps5, they had a good run with switch 1 but switch 2 is not gonna be anywhere nears as profitable as ps5.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

I was talking about switch 2, with ram prices gong up and looking at November sales WW, plus software sales in general this thing is not gonna touch ps5, they had a good run with switch 1 but switch 2 is not gonna be anywhere nears as profitable as ps5.

Well yeah. A system in its first year isn't going to be as profitable as a system in its sixth year. That's just basic common sense.

 

[bender]

And it's all thanks to Kirby Air Riders.

 

[playbignbox]

Laptops have had a "battery saving" and a "performance" profile when plugged in for decades. It didn't make them less capable of being plugged into a monitor when they didn't have this or more a desktop now than before. They didn't suddenly become desktop computers when that was introduced and plugging into a monitor wasn't an afterthought before performance profiles. Not sure how that is relevant. They didn't suddenly become classed as "hybrids" because of it.

It's the whole concept.

You have detachable controllers, you have hardware that runs at different clock speeds depending on whether it's in TV or Dock mode, you have different game profiles, the transition between modes is instantaneous, etc.

Basically, you're completely ignoring design intent, integration, and user experience.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

People are still wrapping their head around the concept of a hybrid system? Why is it so hard to deal with the idea? I don't get it.

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

It's the whole concept.

You have detachable controllers, you have hardware that runs at different clock speeds depending on whether it's in TV or Dock mode, you have different game profiles, the transition between modes is instantaneous, etc.

Basically, you're completely ignoring design intent, integration, and user experience.

They're also completely ignoring the literal definition of console.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Ah yes, more clicks, and y'all keep giving them to them.

 

[subzero83]

Well yeah. A system in its first year isn't going to be as profitable as a system in its sixth year. That's just basic common sense.

Well you are ignoring that switch 1 was showing much better momentum, and console prices are gonna go up. sure ps4 out sold switch 1 in the first November at 199$. ps5 in it's 5th year out selling switch 2 at basically the same price shows momentum is down.

 

[Three]

It's the whole concept.

You have detachable controllers, you have hardware that runs at different clock speeds depending on whether it's in TV or Dock mode, you have different game profiles, the transition between modes is instantaneous, etc.

Basically, you're completely ignoring design intent, integration, and user experience.

But this concept had existed. Sure it has become more refined compared to 2007 but what hasn't?
The design philosophy with laptops is identical. You have bluetooth keyboards and mice, you have display ports, even docks, you have separate controllers, you even have external GPUs that give you desktop graphical power. It has different profiles plugged in vs portable battery. A laptop is still a laptop though. A tablet is still a tablet, a mobile is still a mobile despite samsung DeX. Samsung can't be making the claim that they're winning the "computing wars" against Macs or Surface because DeX exists and when somebody mentions they're pretty different markets claim they're "playing semantics" because "a computing device is a computing device".

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Well you are ignoring that switch 1 was showing much better momentum, and console prices are gonna go up. sure ps4 out sold switch 1 in the first November at 199$. sp5 in it's 5th year selling basically the same price as switch 2 shows momentum is down.

The fuck are you on? I didn't respond to you trying to make some grand stand statement. I just simply stated Nintendo is more profitable whereas PlayStation generates more revenue. Don't do the fanboy meme, please.

 

[playbignbox]

People are still wrapping their head around the concept of a hybrid system? Why is it so hard to deal with the idea? I don't get it.

The intention is to reposition the debate.

If the Switch is a "hybrid," it enters the same conversation as the PS5/Xbox.

If it becomes "just a portable device that connects to the TV," then:

The PS5 remains "the real console." Sales comparisons become "unfair." That's the intention.

 

[EDMIX]

It's the whole concept.

You have detachable controllers, you have hardware that runs at different clock speeds depending on whether it's in TV or Dock mode, you have different game profiles, the transition between modes is instantaneous, etc.

Basically, you're completely ignoring design intent, integration, and user experience.

Thats like saying you can plug in a XB controller in a laptop, plug it into a TV, plug the laptop into one of those external GPU things, keyboards and use Steambig picture mode etc, thus a desktop.

Those are not bad features btw, our point is that they don't magically make the system not portable, just like the above listed doesn't make that a desktop.

You can't sell that on Ebay and list it as a desktop and then be like "ok, you not seeing the whole concept doe, you have a mouse here, it CAN be placed on a desk" lol

Those features make it accessible to a TV with ease, they do not change that the hardware is portable.

The intention is to reposition the debate.

If the Switch is a "hybrid," it enters the same conversation as the PS5/Xbox.

If it becomes "just a portable device that connects to the TV," then:

The PS5 remains "the real console." Sales comparisons become "unfair." That's the intention.

Well...Switch isn't any more a hybrid then a phone, laptop or even the PSP which had a TV out.

The PS5 is a home console.
The Switch is a portable.

The PS5 having that Portal thing doesn't make it a portable.
The Switch having a tv out doesn't make it a home console.

So factually, it is a portable device tht can connect to the tv.

Put it like this, it would be like me saying PS5 is a portable cause you can do this to it lol

 

[CentralScrutinizer]

Thats like saying you can plug in a XB controller in a laptop, plug it into a TV, plug the laptop into one of those external GPU things, keyboards and use Steambig picture mode etc, thus a desktop.

Those are not bad features btw, our point is that they don't magically make the system not portable, just like the above listed doesn't make that a desktop.

You can't sell that on Ebay and list it as a desktop and then be like "ok, you not seeing the whole concept doe, you have a mouse here, it CAN be placed on a desk" lol

Those features make it accessible to a TV with ease, they do not change that the hardware is portable.



Well...Switch isn't any more a hybrid then a phone, laptop or even the PSP which had a TV out.

The PS5 is a home console.
The Switch is a portable.

The PS5 having that Portal thing doesn't make it a portable.
The Switch having a tv out doesn't make it a home console.

So factually, it is a portable device tht can connect to the tv.

Put it like this, it would be like me saying PS5 is a portable cause you can do this to it lol

It's embarrassing at this point.

 

[playbignbox]

It's embarrassing at this point.

I thought about just leaving the laughing emoji, but at this point, I'm genuinely concerned.

Happy New Year everyone, I'm out.

 

[subzero83]

The fuck are you on? I didn't respond to you trying to make some grand stand statement. I just simply stated Nintendo is more profitable whereas PlayStation generates more revenue. Don't do the fanboy meme, please.

I was mainly talking about the video, he acts like Nintendo has all wrapped up and it's gonna be all smooth sailing with switch 2.

 

[Tazzu]

Oh, no. Other multi-

billion dollar companies deserve it more.

Nintendo is a cult.

 

[Deerock71]

Nintendo is a cult.

 

[scydrex]

Nintendo is a cult.

Nintendo is Apple in the gaming industry.

 

[//DEVIL//]

You know.. I watched the video.. he is not really wrong. He didn't say anything new really either. but its what we have been saying for a while now. consoles were usually bought for 2 reasons:

1- The price and ease of use compared to a PC when it comes to gaming
2- exclusives.

1- is still a valid point, but its gone outside of Nintendo. So he is pretty much saying that. if you can have a PC, then getting excited about consoles isn't really a thing. I mean.. you can already have a console that is more powerful than a PS6 ... just depends on your budget lol.

With that being said, Switch 2 didn't win anything. I need to see the games. MP4 is meh. Donkey Kong was ok but not a killer app game. I love Mario Kart World so they got that. but my Switch 2 is collecting dust at this point. Still not gonna sell it because I was lucky to get a unit without light bleed or dead pixels, and I already have Dbrand stuff on it including the screen protector, so its here to stay for years. but its not being used almost at all.

 

[T-0800]

For the record, I believe recent data shows that Nintendo makes more raw profit than PlayStation even though PlayStation makes much more revenue. PlayStation generates more revenue, Nintendo generates more profit.

They both report their revenue in different ways.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

The amount of cope is ridiculous, and not worth debating. The Switch and Switch 2 are portables AND home consoles, so don't fucking crumble like a dry cookie at the cold, hard facts. Don't be mad your favorite company didn't mainstream it first! lol! Imagine getting your panties in such a twist over something so trivial...

 

[bender]

You know.. I watched the video.. he is not really wrong. He didn't say anything new really either. but its what we have been saying for a while now. consoles were usually bought for 2 reasons:

1- The price and ease of use compared to a PC when it comes to gaming
2- exclusives.

1- is still a valid point, but its gone outside of Nintendo. So he is pretty much saying that. if you can have a PC, then getting excited about consoles isn't really a thing. I mean.. you can already have a console that is more powerful than a PS6 ... just depends on your budget lol.

With that being said, Switch 2 didn't win anything. I need to see the games. MP4 is meh. Donkey Kong was ok but not a killer app game. I love Mario Kart World so they got that. but my Switch 2 is collecting dust at this point. Still not gonna sell it because I was lucky to get a unit without light bleed or dead pixels, and I already have Dbrand stuff on it including the screen protector, so its here to stay for years. but its not being used almost at all.

You should play 2025's GOTY, Kirby Air Riders.

 

[Danjin44]

How dare you post anything positive about Nintendo in GAF!!!

 

[//DEVIL//]

You should play 2025's GOTY, Kirby Air Riders.

Futurstic racing is my fav genre that is almost dead sadly. F zero GX is probably my fav GameCube game. I do like fast racing Fusion. but I am not touching Kirby Air riders. doesn't look good/fun at all.