Sega Pico....does it have place

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

For those of you who collect obscure systems for collecting, not just playing, do you really consider the Pico a videogame system or more of a Leapfrog type learning tool? What place does it have in a game collection?

[Enmity]

As a Sega fan I consider it part of my collection, but from a game collector aspect I don't see it being part of a game collection.

[o.pwuaioc]

I would certainly buy one if I had kids. I remember having one as a kid - it was for my little brother but I still thought it was neat. It's something I'm not interested in having for myself as an adult, but I'm sure my kids - if we decide to have any kids - would be elated at such a console.

[xelement5x]

I consider it a US Sega system, and since I collect Sega stuff in general there is a place for it in my collection. I've got 2 consoles (one boxed and one loose) and about half the games so if my daughter wants to play with it when she's old enough to enjoy it she's more than welcome to.

Here's a better question, why is a Leap Frog or similar NOT considered a video game system?

If a video game is just "an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device", then there are a lot of things that would fall into that category. Leap Frogs and other things with screens might considered closer to handhelds, but the Pico needs to be physically plugged into a display to be used correctly.

[Bojay1997]

I don't consider the Pico to be a video game console. I own one, but I consider it part of my television interactive/edutainment system collection that has things like the Memorex VIS or the Viewmaster Interactivevision in it.

[sloan]

I've seen Pico, Leapfrog, and Socrates systems in the wild. Never an inkling to pick them up as children's pseudo-computers do not have a place in my collection. Just like handhelds, I have drawn a line at not collecting these.

[Mark1983]

Eh...I'd get it just for the fact it has the Sega logo on it. I'd never play it though. It'd just be to complete the Sega systems collection.

[Gameguy]

I had one but sold it off years ago. It's more of a learning system than a video game console, everything is educational in some way.