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hsrob on 30 May 2015
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Zod95 said:
Goodnightmoon said:
Zod95 said:
captain carot said:
Wii U is 8th gen with (much) less power.

In my view, power is what defines generations. I assume that in yours it's all about time. In that case, maybe Zeebo (a console launched 4 years after X360, which is 7th gen) could be considered 8th gen.


It´s all about simple logic.

 3        4         5        6       7       8

Nes - Snes - N64 - GC - Wii - WiiU
                       Ps -  ps2 - ps3  -ps4
                                Xbx - 360 -one

It makes no sense to call WiiU a last gen console, as it made no sense to call Ps1 a 4th gen console just because was way less powerfull than N64.

That is not a logic but an example. A logic is made of rules, criterias (for example: time). If time is the criteria you're using, then let me know what do think to be Zeebo's generation (which you didn't yet).

You claim PS1 is way less powerful than N64 and yet I don't see any N64 game with better graphics than Gran Turismo 2. Could I make such claim about a WiiU game in comparison to the entire PS4 catalogue? I guess not. Moreover, PS1 reads 700MB CDs while N64 reads 8/16/32MB cartridges. Has the WiiU media formats with 20 times the capacity PS4's blu-ray?

PS1 is clearly from the same generation as N64. Power more or less the same, they shared the same multiplatform games, etc. I don't recall any game launched on Saturn and N64 that wasn't launched on PS1. But I do know a tremendous amount of games that are launched on XOne and PS4 and that aren't on WiiU. The few WiiU's multiplatform games are also on X360 and PS3. Were the PS1 multiplatform games also on Mega Drive and SNES?

See the difference yet? I do. Game developers do also. The entire industry does. Do you?

Storage medium has absolutely NOTHING to do with power of the machine,  although it certainly did impact the appearnce of N64 games due lack of texture storage and obviously in terms of music.  I don't think there is any reasonable person who thinks the PS1 was on par with the N64, one exceptional game proves the talent of the developers, not the power of the machine.

See bolded, either you simply didn't game at that time or you are chosing to ignore a bunch of games.  I don't do list wars but seeing the present theme is proving a point with one game, Turok the Dinosaur Hunter is the first one that pops into my head. (but there are plenty of others)

Having said that, I agree that N64 is the same gen as PS1 but then so are the WiiU and PS4.  Generation is and has always been defined by time.