Demotruk said:
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
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Is your criteria for GBC being a seperate generation just because there were other new handhelds on the market?
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Other handhelds on the market that competed with it during it's lifespan (and pretty much only during its lifespan. WonderSwan died sooner, but the NGPC lived as long as the GBC did). It certainly looks like it's own little generation in there, with 3 distinct competitors. Otherwise, you would have to lump the original Game Boy's "competition" together between the WonderSwan, NGPC, GG, TurboExpress, and Lynx, which could encourage the idea that those 6 consoles competed together, which never happened.
