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> Gaming consoles are not general-purpose computers they are specialized for gaming One could say that mobile devices are not general-purpose computers, they a

• mrkramer 6y ago
  Google Play has over 30 categories for applications: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/113475?hl=en https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ... Appstore has over 20 categories for applications: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/categories/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/categories/ Categories range from Books, Medical, Business, Finance, Music, Photo & Video, Health & Fitness, Entertainment, Shopping, Productivity to Games. And the list goes on and on. What are gaming consoles used for? Gaming. Maybe you can create apps to do something else but it wasn't meant to be general purpose.
  • thih9 6y ago
    Does the number of app categories matter? They’re all apps, meant for casual content creation and consumption. Consoles have a number of game categories too. > What are gaming consoles used for? Gaming. PS3 has been used for multi core computing until Sony blocked it. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_cluster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_cluster > it wasn't meant to be general purpose I’m sure Apple would say the same about the iPhone.