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

[Mazty]

sales2099 said:

Mazty said:

And how do you define that idea without analysing technology?

Ok its predessor was a average PC in the year 2000-2001.

Why shouldn't that be the case for every console released inthe 6th gen? It seems rather abritrary to raise the bar for new consoles but not successors.