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> The Switch is the first gaming system that works anywhere and everywhere. Uhhhhhhh, what happened to all of nintendos past handhelds, sonys psp, the countles
by dawnerd 9y ago
> The Switch is the first gaming system that works anywhere and everywhere.
Uhhhhhhh, what happened to all of nintendos past handhelds, sonys psp, the countless older handhelds that never gained traction?
- tr4656 9y agoGuessing the author means that you can dock it and play on a TV/monitor in your house in addition to being portable for taking around.
- ihuman 9y agoBut it's not the first to do that. There's a cable that allows you to connect your PSP to your TV.
- shados 9y agoYeah, I had the same thought. However, the Switch actually makes that convenient, by design. I would play my PSP on TV all the time. It sucked. Getting the screen full size required your TV to have that option (and crappy cheap TVs didn't). Fumbling with the wires was annoying. It didnt have a stand. The Switch has the same feature, you're right. But its designed (and marketed) around it. That's the difference.
- crtasm 9y agoToo small because of underscan? I'm baffled why with HDMI and the 1080p standard it's now the other way round - I need to disable overscan to get the full image and games still have to prompt me to choose a safe area to display UI elements.
- balls187 9y agoYou can play the PSP in your handheld and connected your TV. With the Switch you can use it docked, handheld, and tabletop (i.e. stand alone).
- Gigablah 9y agoSpeaking of docking, there was this phone + tablet hybrid from Asus: https://www.asus.com/us/Phone/ASUS_PadFone_X_US/gallery/ https://www.asus.com/us/Phone/ASUS_PadFone_X_US/gallery/
- careersuicide 9y agoI know this counts as an accessory that bridges two devices rather than a complete device in its own right but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Game_Boy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Game_Boy. The Switch, as neat as it is, isn't without precedent.
- CyberDildonics 9y agoWhich itself is a bit silly, since there are already wireless video standards being built into TVs. It seems like a pretty obvious ad though.
- thedaemon 9y agoThere once was something called a Super GameBoy, which was a cartridge adapter for GameBoy games to play via your SNES. It came out in 1994.
- squeaky-clean 9y agoBut if you wanted to play gameboy games on TV and on the go, you'd need to own a SNES, Super GameBoy and a GameBoy. The SNES also couldn't play GameBoy games, the Super GameBoy was really just an entire gameboy in a cartridge formfactor.
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- skybrian 9y agoDid they also work well when plugged into a TV? Yes, this is typical over-the-top Wired writing, but it's still a clever design that's likely to influence other hardware design.
- devotedtoneu 9y agoThe Vita did
- MBCook 9y agoIt wasn't as simple as the Switch's dock, which is included in the box. It felt more like an afterthought.
- jamesgeck0 9y agoIIRC, the original Vita included a special port intended to connect to the TV... and then Sony never released the cables to do it. Instead they released the PlayStation TV, which was incompatible with literally half of the Vita's library for controller and licensing reasons.
- PhearTheCeal 9y agoYes, you could take the cartridge out of the GameBoy and put it in the N64 controller then play on the TV.
- MBCook 9y agoThat required a second console and an add-on.
- smlsugarlumps 9y agono you couldn't
- ekianjo 9y agoHey it's wired, don't expect them to make accurate statements.