sales2099 said:
F0X said:
A generation doesn't end until all of its consoles are off the market. We may switch our terminology to refer to newer devices as "current-gen", and the older ones "last-gen", but multiple hardware generations can run concurrently. Actually, gen 6 is still ongoing right now since the PS2 is still being sold. Three generations at once. Probably for not much longer.
Edit: For further clarification, I'll try to use living beings as an analogy. Multiple generations of humans can live at the same time. The life of an older person doesn't end when a younger one is born, though there is a point in time after which a person must be considered a part of a new generation. New generations bring change to the table, but a generation ultimately stops existing when its members cease to exist. Relevancy is a seperate issue.
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And that is why any victory after the next wave of console are out will be hollow and irrelevant.
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Agreed. Exactly when a new generation starts may be up for debate, but once it does, the focus will mainly on the success of the newer platforms. I think it would be perfectly fine to declare a winner then, but this OP takes it a bit further by saying that the older generation ends altogether, which I think is wrong.
