So is the NX a new generation of console from Nintendo or a half gen upgrade?

[potato_hamster]

SpokenTruth said:

potato_hamster said:

No, I know all about the Game and Watch. And how can you definitively say the gameboy was part of the 4th generation, when it was released during the NES, sold all through the time the SNES generation, and most of the N64's generation as well?

You just arbitrarily decided which generation it belongs to.

No.  I didn't.  The industry did.  Which has been the accepted standards for over 30 years.

I mean if you want to tell thousands of developers, publishers, the media, etc...and the platform makers, that they are wrong, be my guest.  But don't claim that I arbitrarily decided which generation the Gameboy belongs to.

In that case, why did the industry decide it was a part of generation 4 and not generation 5 or generation 6? What criteria did they use?