| ManusJustus said: We (or more accurately video game developers, analysists, etc.) have always refered to generations by power. |
No, we the media, do not. We stated 8 bit and 16 bit eras because it made for easy reference but was hardly an official classification.
Wikipedia has a relatively accurate timeline for the generations. Time and succesive flaship console release are the ONLY metric used to qualify for a generation. Power or data address bits was never and never will be a generation metric for anything other than simple reference.
First generation (1972–1977)
Second generation (1976–1984)
Third generation (1983–1992)
Fourth generation (1987–1996)
Fifth generation (1993–2002)
Sixth generation (1998–2006)
Seventh generation (2005–)
The rEVOLution is not being televised
