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Degausser on 23 December 2011
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disolitude said:
sethnintendo said:

I'd still consider Sega CD and 32X as add ons even if they used different formats. They still needed to be docked to the Genesis. Also, they would be listed in wikipedia under the the 5th generation if they weren't considered add ons. The successor to the Genesis is listed as the Saturn. Just two ways of thinking about it but I am going to stick with how it is listed.

I don't see how you guys are getting stuck ont his "add-on" word.  Genesis, sega cd, and 32X are 3 full blown consoles that sega decided to bundle together in hopes that they would get people to buy all 3.

Gaming console is an ecosystem. Games available define that ecosystem.

If an "addon" has completely different games which are not found anywhere else, it has its own ecosystem and hence should be considered a console. This is why Nintendo DSi, XL, Sega Nomad...etc... aren't standalone consoles. They all just play other console games.

And they would be considered the 5th gen as Sega decided to support 3 different consoles the same generation...

 So the Eyetoy, a piece of hardware which plays its own games - but needs another console to play them - is also it's own console just like the 32X. No different between the two in reality. IT's a piece of hardware you attatch to another console to play unique games on, no?