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

[kain_kusanagi]

Mazty said:

kain_kusanagi said:

Mazty said:

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.

How though are you linking 1 & 2? They seem very far removed from one another. You're saying the PS4 could be technically inferior to the PS3, but a new console, say Console X made by Apple would have to be a considerable upgrade from the best of the last gen to be considered next gen.

I'd say that consoles simply need to adhere to point 2 otherwise it's just an off-shoot of the current gen, no different from things like Move, Eyetoy and Kinect. 

Move and Kinect are current gen addons and are not stand alone consoles.

It doesn't matter to me if Sony was stupid enough to releases a PS4 less powerfull than the PS3. It would be the follow up and therefor next gen. It is however, completely unlikely to happen.