| Viper1 said:
Can't say I've heard anyone in the indsutry disagree the 3DO was 5th generation. I've personally spoken to a few people at various studios about the generations and none thought it differently. I don't get why you are so incessant to suggest console generations are not based on the principle of successor/predecessor and chronology. |
Because for one it's based on much more than that, if that. For one, it's based on a context. In this context, home consoles.
If you were to compare PC Graphics cards, they have their own generations, as would cell phones, tablets and super computers.
So, there's more to it. But to completely disregard the importance of technical advancements makes the whole concept pointless, as it becomes completely arbitrary. One manufacturer could release 3 home consoles by the time another releases just one. Iphon, case in point, has a generation every year or so. If they adapted the same business model in the home console space, it would be called a generational jump for apple.
Where the line is drawn, where it isn't, it's all arbitrary, and the definition is gaping with holes. If we don't agree on the definition, let's at least agree that it is not without its failings.
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