| fatslob-:O said: How isn't the Switch's situation similar to that of the SG-1000 and the Master System ? Your "facts" amount to no more than confirmation bias. Naming system =/= Platform ... Using your logic the PS2 would just be an upgraded system to the PS1 and the PS3 is just an upgraded PS2 system but that's clearly not the consensus when they all belong to a different generation despite all of them featuring backwards compatibility ... (the same applies with GB/GBA and DS/3DS) Just because the Switch doesn't feature backwards compatibility like the Master System doesn't change the fact that it isn't unprecedented for a console manufacturer to release a new platform in the same generation and that's the most likely scenario Nintendo is taking. Nintendo does not get to define generations with their release cycles and neither does Sony ... A new generation didn't just start with just the WII U, it started together with the PS4 and the X1 but this time it's just Nintendo releasing a new platform in the same generation without successors from their rivals ... |
The Switch isn't a rebranding of a previous existing console. The Switch isn't an upgrade to a console released a year ago that was replaced a year before that! The Switch is the successor to Nintendo's previous console (a console that was on market for 4 years, same as OG Xbox), not a simple upgrade or rebranding. Please tell me how these facts amount to confirmation bias.
Using my logic you would find that the PS2 is the successor to the PS1 and the PS3 is the successor to PS2 and the PS4 is the successor to the PS3. These consoles having backwards compatibility has nothing to do with my arguement. Why are you giving me all this talk about backwards compatibility? I'm not even arguing that backwards compatibility defines a generation...
I agree that a new generation didn't just start with the WiiU and that it started together with the PS4 and the X1. Like I have stated before, there was a 3 year gap between Dreamcast and OG Xbox. Generation 6 start with the Dreamcast and 3 other competitors entered the market at different times. The OG Xbox was only on the market for 4 years, less time than Wii U. I mean come lol, these examples that you and Don have given me did nothing to stop previous consoles in previous generations from starting or being a part of a new generation. Why the sudden change?
