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bunchanumbers on 03 July 2015
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Ka-pi96 said:
uran10 said:
Ka-pi... really? Its going to be a 9th gen console. 7th gen was abnormally long. most gens last 4-6 years.

Well that's kinda why I'm wondering. It's probably gonna cause issues about which gen is which sooner or later, so might as well talk about it now.

NX is likely to release 2016 right? 4 years after the Wii U. So that's 9th gen right?
I'd expect the next Sony/MS consoles to release 5-6 years after their last ones so 2018/2019. Also 9th gen right?

But what about after that? What if Nintendo wait 4 years again while Sony/MS wait 5-6 again?

2020: Nintendo (10th gen)

2024: Nintendo (11th gen) & Sony/MS (10th gen) Surely that's a problem, no?

Besides it's not just that the dates may end up out of line like that. The NX is most likely going to be actively competing against the PS4/Xbox One for longer than it is against their successors, so does it make more sense to compare its games/sales to PS4/Xbox One or to consoles that won't be released for a good few years after its own release?


I don't see it as a problem. Nintendo console generations are shorter, so I see no issue with Nintendo becoming a generation ahead of the twins. Even 2 generations. It just means that Nintendo generations are different from the twins. That's all.