Has the 8th Generation in gaming started?

[mantlepiecek]

italo244 said:

mantlepiecek said:

Ferryarthur said:

I don't think the handheld skipped a gen, so no. The ds and psp were in the same gen as the ps2, gamecube and xbox, the ngp and 3ds are in the same one as the ps3, wii and 360. The handhelds just caught up to the consoles, like every other handheld before it.

this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoles_(seventh_generation)

 

I'd say 8th generation started with 3DS.

Which was the first generation of handheld consoles?

According to the wiki there two different generations, one for the handhelds and one for the home consoles.