Ubisoft Explains Why Assassin's Creed Unity Is Skipping Wii U

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LemonSlice said:
WiiU is next/current gen enough in my book. It's exclusives are completely on par with modern developments that don't have to deal with a heavy CPU load ie those which just make games more expensive to make and not more fun. And it's games are the prettiest you can find despite the inferior specs. Stop with this last gen nonsense. I don't remember people calling the Wii last gen.

Then you didn't spend much time on IGN, Neogaf, Gamespot, Gamefaqs, etc last gen. :P

Seriously though, the idea that generations are defined by large graphical leaps is an obsolete concept, it died a decade ago with the Wii/PS360 and DS/PSP.

Wii U is closer to PS3/360 than PS4/Xbone in terms of raw graphical horsepower, (though it is still stronger than PS3/360, just as Wii was stronger than the 6th gen systems) but that doesn't make it last gen.

Wii was the successor to the 6th gen Gamecube, therefore it's 7th gen. Wii U is the successor to the 7th gen Wii, therefore it is 8th gen.