@WereKitten,
All 3 major products came out within a year, like it was planned that way. All 3 wanted to serve the same purpose, of getting me to sit on my couch and pump hours of gaming into the machine. All 3 wanted my money. I could only afford one. I only wanted one. I did research and picked which one I wanted. That is direct competition, no?
But if you're so hell-bent on disagreeing with the terminology that the whole internet has accepted, how would you prefer to classify consoles that come out at the same time but are radically different? Maybe I'll run your idea by the whole internet and see if they all change their mind.
Without numbering 7 generations in chronological order, each generation needs its own specific name. Wait, do you agree that there have been 7 so far? Or do you feel there have been less or more?
