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What gen will the Nintendo NX be a part of?

8th gen 71 25.45%
 
8.5th gen 100 35.84%
 
9th gen 108 38.71%
 
Total:279

Honestly, I'll consider it an 8.5th yen machine.

Or I just won't talk about it, because it doesn't matter.



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It's a new Nintendo console it'll start the 9th gen, don't expect it out anytime soon though, probably late 2016 or 2017 which is reasonable amount of time to start a new gen (every 5 to 7 years).



It will be in-between. The "generations" label doesn't really work, unless consoles release in roughly the same timeframe. A generation is *not* defined by specs but by time. Even if you're a weakling and a coach potato, you're still a generation ahead of your father who hits the gym 5 times a week. ;)

If Nintendo releases a new console in 2019 that's based on an ARM CPU it would still be a 9th generation console. If the world economy collapses due to a Zombie apocalypse and the next generation of consoles runs on NES-like hardware it would still be the 9th generation of consoles.



Feels like video game history weekend. I would say 9th but you really out did yourself digging up that Atari example. I would say that they consider the 5200 same as 2600 because Atari pretty much crashed and burned. I'd have to look more into 5200 considering I only played on a 2600 and know nothing about the 5200.

Another example could be the Virtual Boy. It is lumped into the 5th with the N64.



Well, regardless of hardware and specs, I'm pretty sure it will still be considered 9th Gen hardware.



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It won't be any gen. NX/Fusion is the new way of Nintendo and it won't be anymore on par to Xbox and PS consoles.



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8th gen, wii U will be erased from history by Nintendo themselves lol.

Handelds comes out very early compared to homeconsoles and are considered to be in the same gen so I'd say 9th gen, but I'm not even sure NX will have anything to do with traditionnal consoles so it may not even be considered one.



Ultrashroomz said:

Well, regardless of hardware and specs, I'm pretty sure it will still be considered 9th Gen hardware.


two ways to look at things:

1) each compony on their own isolated from the others.

first console released = 1st, secound = 2nd ect.

 

2) generation's based on time frame & its competitors.

 

If your view on the matter, is only about what nr of console this is for nintendo, its the 9th, then its the 9th gen.

However if you compare it to those its up against, its a 8th gen console.

 

Do you people here that say this is a 9th gen console, from Nintendo, also say MS's Xbox One is only a 3rd gen console?

No its a 8th gen console, because of who it competes against, the same is true for nintendo.

 

NX will compete against PS4 and Xbox One, for its intire life probably.

That makes it a 8th gen console.



My view is that the gen a console is, happens to be based around what time frame it launches and what other generation consoles it competes against for the most part of its life.

That clearly makes the NX console a 8th gen one.

Basically the 42% voteing 9th gen are wrong :P  (imo)



It'll be Nintendo's 9th generation console, as it will be succeeding Nintendo's 8th generation console, which in turn succeeded their 7th generation console. Not sure why it's even being discussed honestly...but maybe the word 'generation' has some definition I'm not familiar with.

That being said, I anticipate this will be debated throughout the system's life.



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