List of 8th gen, million selling Nintendo IP

[AlfredoTurkey]

PerturbedKitty said:

AlfredoTurkey said:

 

I don't care if Jesus Christ says it, unless you can show me where a handheld is listed amoung first generation CONSOLES, then the 3DS and Vita can't be eight generation. As far as I know, the first handheld to have seperate carts was Microvision, and that came out when home consoles were in the second gen. So even if you shift the goal posts with everything you have, the 3DS could only be seventh generation.

But, of course, lumping handhelds with home consoles is like lumping motorcycles with automobiles. But, it seems we're leaving logic and common sense off the table right now so, I won't even bother.

i agree with spokentruth's idea that they are in the same generation. i see your point about how the handhelds have their own generations, i really do see the logic there. but for practical and, well.. common sense purposes, its better to think of them in the same generation. like.. generation 8 includes wii u, ps4, x1, 3ds and vita. nintendo is currently supporting the wii u and 3ds in this generation. the 8th generation is defined by systems and games that are released or coming out between the years 2012/2013 until 2018/19 or whenever the next round of consoles is out. i mean, thats just the way it is and the only one who is moving goal posts around is you, im sorry to say.

 

So you think Vita is competeting against Xbox One? What about 3DS vs PS4? You honestly think that in the offices of Redmond, they're discussing how their 3DS can further compete against PS4?

Ever since handhelds became popularized, they have been in their own category. They're portable, they're completely different tech (usually much weak and more than one generation behind). They sell to mostly different demographics and consumers (Wii-U has sold 12 million, 3DS 50 million)... these companies knows this and it's why Sega had a Game Gear and Nintendo had a Gameboy. Game Gear was NOT competeing against NES or SNES. It was competeing against Gameboy. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVQ1fP7dNEE

See that Game Gear commercial? What is the fat kid playing playing? A SNES? No... he's playing a Gameboy. What are they talking about in the commercial? How the Gameboy doesn't have color and the Game Gear does. That's because ever since the Gameboy, there has been two market. The handheld market and the home console market. They are clearly defined and seperate. If they weren't, you'd see companies advertising their handhelds against home consoles. 

You don't see that.