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

[kain_kusanagi]

Mazty said:

Metallicube said:

BasilZero said:
If it is a successor to a system from the previous or ongoing generation

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Just adding a poll to this thread and thought about a major logical flaw with that thinking.

The xbox wouldn't be any gen as it's not a successor. If you simply state "it has to be a successor" then that makes it impossible for new consoles to enter the market.

That's why only two questions matter:

1. Is it a follow up to a previous gen console?

2. Is it a considerable upgrade from the best of the last gen?

Just one of these makes defines next gen.