The Nintendo Switch and VGChartz

[monocle_layton]

Azuren said:

monocle_layton said:

I mean, to Nintendo it is the ninth gen.

 

gen 2: famicom

gen 3: Super famicom/nes

gen 4: snes

gen 5: virtual boy/n64

gen 6: gamecube

gen 7: wii

gen 8: wii u 

gen 9: Switch

gen 10: Nintendo nx ;P

You'll notice that Nintendo is prone to releasing multiple platforms in one generation when a platform falls flat on its face. Switch is their 8th Gen mulligan.

 

Case in point: Virtual Boy and Gameboy Color.

They waited five years for the Wii U and Switch though. It's not like the virtual boy where they ditched it almost immediately.