So DSi is 8th Generation?

[Demotruk]

Mr Khan said:

BladeOfGod said:
uhm, PSP is still more powerfull than any DS model, so if DS is 8th gen, PSP is 9th gen

Gen doesn't go by power, it's strictly a chronological and iterational thing.

 

I've always considered the handheld generations to be thus:

1st gen: Game and Watch (Nintendo), Microvision (i think Milton Bradley did that, or Mattel). 1980-1989
2nd gen: Game Boy (Nintendo), Lynx (Atari), Game Gear (SEGA), TurboExpress (Hudson). 1989-1998
3rd gen: Game Boy Color (Nintendo), WonderSwan (Bandai), Neo Geo Pocket Color (SNK). 1998-2001
4th gen: Game Boy Advance (Nintendo), N-Gage (Nokia). 2001-2004
5th gen: DS (Nintendo), PSP (Sony). 2004-2009 (i guess).

 

In my line of thinking, the DSi will start a new generation if it gets some sort of competition. If Sony, or someone else, pulls out a new device that can gain some sort of market presence (and you can see how lenient i am there, since i counted the Lynx and the TurboExpress), then it will count as a new generation

Is your criteria for GBC being a seperate generation just because there were other new handhelds on the market?