| DonFerrari said: Best way to group a gen is by the games played. If most of the multiplat games Switch plays are the ones on X1 and PS4 it instead of PS5 XB4 then it would make more sense to put it on gen 8. |
That makes sense but in that case wouldn't Wii U be a 7th gen console as the majority of its multiplat games were available on PS3 and Xbox 360?
| DonFerrari said: The problem is that not only did a gen have 2 devices from same corporation (happened as well on one of the arbitrary early gens like Atari) but also migrated/fused 2 gens. For me it would make more sense to say Nintendo had 3 devices this gen, WiiU (console), 3DS (HH) and Switch (hybrid). Because so far Switch seems to be covering both markets for Nintendo. |
If Switch 2 launches around the same time as PS5 and XB4 (or 1-2 years after), I'd tend to agree with you. But if Switch gets an incremental upgrade like PS4 Pro whose sales numbers are counted together with the base model, I think it makes sense to consider Switch as part of 9th gen as it competes with the 9th gen consoles.
But really, my point was more so based around the silliness of arguing whether Switch is 8th/9th gen and handheld/home/hybrid. I don't see why it matters.
Edit: Yet, here I am arguing about that. Call it whatever you want. Forget I asked 
