9th Gen starts on March 3

[DonFerrari]

Ljink96 said:
Anybody who truthfully thinks Switch isn't 9th gen has to turn to the past of what defines a generation. It's not graphics, or games, or power. It's the fact that it's schematically a brand new console different than its predecessor or totally new in existence. Case and point, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Turbografx. Genesis and SNES were much more powerful and more capable than the Turbografx, but it's still considered a 4th generation console. If Scorpio is just an upgrade that plays Xbox One games...do we call that "Not 9th gen" as well?

However as others have pointed out, Generations are about to become so blurred, it doesn't even matter anymore. I'm predicting that Generations won't be around like we knew them and I'd been saying this for some time. It's just how technology is going and agendas change, we won't have "Generations" in the future.

Nope, Scorpio isn't 9th gen.

HollyGamer said:

DonFerrari said:

That would even help people stop saying that there is only nintendo haters here.

Then  Nintendo fans will not complain about Nintendoom thread again. Because Vgchartz Nintendo are build for Nintendo die hard fans :) all news will be positive even if Nintendo are in great disaster, all news will be around how wonderfull is Nintendo. :)

And all will be good on earth.

Volterra_90 said:

HollyGamer said:

To bad then if Switch is 9th gen . Apple and Andorid has release their 9th product  a head , if you think gen is not define by spec. 

It's a WiiU sucessor, that makes the Switch 9th gen by definition. And Apple and Samsung don't make consoles as far as I know, so I don't think it has anything to do with the subject. I don't believe in this modern "number wars". The Switch will provide new ways for entertainment, new games, a brand new concept... So, why are we so obsessed about power and specs that we forget about what matters, and start defining gens just by power? Can't we play awesome games on the Switch because of that? No. Tech can't be the only thing that matters. I refuse to believe that's what gaming is all about. A power race. That should never be the new metric.

Nope it doesn't. The only "next gen games" it would play with that definition would be Nintendo, because all others would be on 8th gen and Switch not even being truly able to play them. So unless you think a generation is made by a sole console in tandem with the market then you are about crazy.

And if the tech isn't what define a new gen, why release a next gen console with basically the same HW power?