What defines a gaming "generation" ?

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Magnific0 said:

Saying the Wii is using last-gen technology is actually more of a compliment given its obvious success. If memory serves me right I think it would be the first time it's done (successfuly) that a home console is released with previous gen tech and dominates the market. Notice that I say "would" (I have to be respectful, this generation is not over), however, it's more than obvious the Wii's a success. Nintendo had already tried with N64 to achieve success with an inferior tech system, and the gap was not as wide as with the Wii vs current next-gen systems, you could even argue (and rightfully so) that N64 was in many aspects superior to the PS1, but the use of the cartridge media is what made it ultimately tech inferior.

 Thats not Exacly true, the Nes Was released in the 80's but used 70's tech, which was going against the Game centric Pc's then, which were alreadyusing 16 bit tech. People were saying the same thing about the nes that they were saying about the Wii.