Capcom: The Next Gen Doesn't Start With Wii U

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Flanneryaug said:

happydolphin said:

Flanneryaug said:
The Wii U is next gen because it is the first console in a new generation of consoles. Better graphics don't mean next gen.

What makes it a new generation, simply because its coming out after the Wii and is made by Nintendo? Then the 3DO was what gen 4?

I think you guys don't realize that the chronological definition fails without the idea of technological disparity injected into it.

So, if the Wii U was 10 times as powerful as the 720 or PS4 would that make it a 9th generation console? No, it would still be an eigth generation console, because it would be coming out in the eigth generation.

I think yours is a really a good point. If the PS4 is 10 times more powerful than the PS3 it makes it a next generation system (8th). So we can say that if Apple or Valve launch a System the same day that the PS4 comes out, and that system is 10 times more powerful than the PS4, it woud be a 9th generation system?