Switch: How Big Will Its 9th Gen Lead Be?

[Mnementh]

Shadow1980 said:

GribbleGrunger said:

I just can't agree. It's a 9th gen console as far as I can see and I'm sure your average 'Joe blogs' consumer will see it that way too, although they won't identify it that way. They'll just see it as 'the new kid on the block'.

The problem with calling the Switch "9th-gen" is this:

 

Looking at the graph: 5th gen starts with the end of 3rd, sixth gen with the end of fourth, seventh gen with the end fifth, eight gen with the end of sixth, 9th gen - there is a gap to the end of seventh. If you start 9th gen with the Switch, it actually behaves like the gens before. You decided to put it at a preojected release of PS5, XBox Next and it looks different to the previous gens.