It was underpowered when it came out and didn't introduce anything their other consoles didnt already have (nor have I ever seen someone use half the features).

What's really impressive is the devs making games for it, showing off how much the mobile gaming market is holding us back by making Candy Crush Soda Ultra Supermax

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

and didn't introduce anything their other consoles didnt already have (nor have I ever seen someone use half the features).

I don't remember undocking my PS4 to play it on the go.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

But you may have with your Gameboy, gameboy advanced, Ds, dsi, dsiXL, 2ds, 3ds, wiiu, PSP, or PSP vita.

And if you consider a portable HDMI output important, laptops and phones could do this probably half a decade before the switch came out

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

You can't compare Wii U because it has to be super close to the console and not all games could be played on the game pad. Unless the Vita had HDMI output then this was definitely a new feature of game consoles. Maybe you can compare NetBooks to the Switch if you're being generous but laptops and phones are a totally different form factor.