Who will win Gen 8.5?

[potato_hamster]

Hiku said:

DakonBlackblade said:

NX is already in that spot, releasing a console mid generations is just kinda dumb cause even if youre more advanced technologically odds are 3rd parties aren't going to cut their install base in 1/3 to release to you exclusively taking adavntage of your higher tech, theyll just port stuf wich will look marginaly better than the counterpart on the tech inferior competition. If XOne and PS4 do end up having upgraded versions then it could be better for the NX cause it wouldnt be the only console with higher tech and devs would actualy start taking advantage of this tech.

I don't assume that NX will try to kick off a new generation, but rather properly join the 8th generation 3 years late. It didn't work out well for WiiU when they did that, and that was only 1 year early. Now they'd be at least 3-4 years too early. If they were to bridge that gap in terms of hardware the console would be very expensive. Another thing I'm sure they'd want to avoid.

This is why the whole concepts of "generations" is completely useless. It is 100% abritrary. The NX could easily be gen 8 or gen 9, the final decision will probably be made by whoever creates the wikipedia article stating so.