Will NX be an 8th generation console?

[JRPGfan]

Wyrdness said:

daredevil.shark said:

Sorry. But its not 9th gen console if its weaker than Xbox One / PS4. Release time, power and other credentials just dont allow it to be part of 9th gen.

According to whom? Gens are defined by order of which a new platform is released and nothing else, it's 9th gen because it succeeds an 8th gen console.

Then is Xbox One only 3rd gen? Is PS4 only the 4th gen? we call these consoles... 8th gen consoles.

Because what gen a console belongs to is determined by its time frame, and competitors.

 

Nintendos NX console will compete against the 8th gen consoles, for probably 80% of its life... that makes it a 8th gen console.