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Ka-pi96 said:
Ljink96 said:

No...it's 9th gen. Power aside. Power alone has never really been the deciding factor of a new "gen". It's new hardware, much different than Wii U. 

No... it's subjective. Every single definition of what gen it should/shouldn't be has flaws in. You can ignore those flaws all you want, but they still exist, hence why what gen it is is subjective rather than fact.

A lot of decisive subjects have flaws in them, but there eventually has to be a consensus. I know...it's wikipedia but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_generation_of_video_game_consoles

PS4 Pro and Xbox One S aren't 9th gen, they're 8th. Very similar hardware, with minimal updgrades and the same prefix. If the Switch was Wii U: Switch, then no it wouldn't be 9th gen. What matters is that new schematics were built for the Switch, new hardware was manufactured, and it's not an addon.