| BraLoD said: Nope. Won't even run the AAA 8th gen games while being in competition with 8th gen devices. There really no reason to even discuss it. Unless Nintendo accepts it's a handheld, than yes, it's a new gen for handhelds. Still not a 9th gen console, tho. |
A little bit of this.
| Peh said: It's Nintendo's next gen console. |
Certainly this.
But, what I think is that we can think about it in three ways.
1 - No generations anymore. Switch, PS4 Pro and Scorpio are just the next interation of the same family of products (since PRO and Scorpio share the same games as its predecessors and Switch share the same power and some games via ports).
OR
2 - The generation of a console is defined by its competitors. Even if Nintendo doesn't want to compete directly with PS4 and XONE, Switch and Wii U both exists during the same time as PS4 and XONE, so they are all 8th generation.
OR
3 - Switch is a handheld from 9th generation.
Particularly, I think a generation needs at least two consoles to be defined. If Microsoft decide to consider Scorpio their next console (just with great retrocompatibility), then Scorpio and Switch are from 9th generation, even if Sony only launches PS5 in 2020.
