What makes a console "next-gen"...?

[KHlover]

Mazty said:

KHlover said:
I'll go with a simple definition: If it is the successor of a current gen system (not a new revision of the system!) it is a next-gen system. Yes, regardless of power.

So then a next-box containing a 1khz CPU and 1kb ram would be 8th gen?

It would mean the end of the Xbox brand, but yes. IMO it would be next gen. To bring an insultingly simple yet very understandable example: If your son/daughter were weaker than you they would still be your children. -> Next generation