Will This Be The Last Console Generation?

[SonytendoAmiibo]

Lawlight said:

SonytendoAmiibo said:

This is from Wikipedia.

In the history of video games, the sixth-generation era (sometimes referred to as the128-bit era; see "Bits and system power"below) refers to the computer and video games, video game consoles, and video game handhelds available at the turn of the 21st century which was from 1998 to 2008. Platforms of the sixth generation include theSega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation 2,Nintendo GameCube, and Microsoft Xbox. This era began on November 27, 1998 with the Japanese release of the Dreamcast, and it was joined by the PlayStation 2 in March 2000 and the GameCube and Xbox in 2001. The Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001, the GameCube in 2007, Xbox in 2009 and PlayStation 2 in 2013. Though the seventh generation of consoles started in November 2005 with the launch of the Xbox 360, the sixth generation didn't end until January 2013, when Sony announced that the PlayStation 2 had been discontinued worldwide.^[1]

PS2 in 2000 and GameCube in 2001.

Isn't history wonderful.

I didn't realise that we're still using bits to define console generations.

Those were the days. A man knew what he was buying when it said 16 bit or 32 bit. Of course sometimes that just meant color palette.

The terms are pretty much obsolete now with most cpu's being 32 or 64 bit. Too many other factors come into play now.