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Mandalore76 on 10 May 2017
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NATO said:
Mandalore76 said:

Interesting concept, but there are no handheld generations or console generations.  There are currently just "Video Game Generations".  The 3DS and Vita are part of the 8th Generation of Video Games.  The DS and PSP were part of the 7th Generation of Video Games.  Etc... 

3DS and vita were released during the 7th generation (ps4, wiiu and xbox one were not out). so that would then make the switch (releasing along side wiiu, ps4 and xbox one) an 8th gen console.

Handhelds have kicked-off the last 2 Generations.  This actually goes to prove that the Nintendo Switch whether considered handheld or hybrid can in fact be considered the start of the 9th Generation of Video Games in 2017 considering we are 6 years removed from the start of the 8th gen.  I didn't actually realize it was this clear until now.

7th Generation
DS - 2004
PSP - 2004
XBox 360 - 2005
PS3 - 2006
Wii - 2006

8th Generation
3DS - 2011
Vita - 2011
WiiU - 2012
PS4 - 2013
XBox One - 2013