If Nintendo launches a new console in 2016 (AMD Rumors) ...... will it be 8th or 9th gen

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BossPuma said:

Guitarguy said:
8.5 gen. I can't see it outperforming the X1 and PS4 by a great enough margin(whilst staying at a resonable price) if they put out a true '9th gen' console so soon. It would be commercial suicide. I really can't see Nintendo putting out a new home console until 2017 anyway.

In 2 years the tech for more powerful and advanced consoles will be much cheaper. I think it would be hard for nintendo to make a weaker system than the ps4 at that point in time.

People wrote that about the wii u  but Nintendo found a way to release a console with low memory bandwidth and a poor cpu that couldn't even match the 360 and PS3.  It's not hard to make cheap underepowered hardware.