• Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I guess that depends on your definition, but really I’d lump it into handheld computer, I’ve owned several, such as the GPD Win series

    You can install desktop Linux software on it with no need to perform any types of “jailbreak” so while steam os is a proprietary skin for Linux, its not really locked down the way traditional brick consoles are.

    Console doesn’t have a hard definition, so anyone could come through and make a case for why it is.

    Edit: you can see the people replying after me all have different definitions and standards for the word, it’s arbitrary really