Capcom: The Next Gen Doesn't Start With Wii U

[Viper1]

happydolphin said:

Viper1 said:

As I stated, spec increases have historically accompanied a new generation simply because newer specs were aviable at market prices.  But it was never the specs that truly established what a generation was.   Many generations had similar specs because that was what the market offered at a price they could sell it for.

But they have always been about the successor/predecessor relationship of flagship consoles.   The decreased empahsis on specs over the past 2 generations has validated what I'm saying.

 

And it's pretty obvious what Tsujimoto meant in his statement if you'd read the actual quote and not the trimmed down version NintendoLife published:

""Capcom had a couple of passing comments to make about next-generation gaming.

Kenzo Tsujimoto, chairman and CEO, noted: "Furthermore, we must invest in our developers to strengthen foundational research in next-generation consoles."

Hahruhiro Tsujimoto added: "We will create new popular next generation franchise, allocating 20 per cent of development investment to new products through efficient development."

"As for the outlook for the next fiscal year," Capcom went on, "although Nintendo will release the new game console Wii U and the market will be continue to be invigorated by the increase of DLC, time is required before the next generation console cycle begins in earnest."

Trying to read into that as though he doesn't see the Wii U as an 8th generation console is stretching it beyond honest communication deficiencies and laying it out as simply trying to score web site hits.

Fair enough for the interpretation part. It is a stretch now I see it.

But your argument is a stretch in the definition of a generation, and as far as I'm concerned history has dictated the need for new consoles due to hardware limitations. The rest is adaptation.

Not only is my definition of a generation not a stretch, it's not even mine.  It's accepted by the majority of the industry itself.  That's where I got it from.