When does a generation end?

[ironmanDX]

Alby_da_Wolf said:

When a new generation is born, usually the previous one doesn't suddenly die: so we can rightly say that when at least one console of new generation is released the previous one just isn't the latest anymore, but it one doesn't end, either, a generation ends when its sales become insignificant.

 

Edit: Aura7541 and I guess others too already wrote similar concepts before me.

We didn't say it died. As soon as the WiiU came out everyoes ps360's and Wii's didn't blow up. Comparing living things to gaming consoles is fairly odd.