Lafiel on 23 June 2017
| Jumpin said: The idea of generations is a flawed concept because they are lumping in multiple different groups of video game hardware with multiple different philosophies and on multiple timescales. They're artificial constructs that only serve to cause more confusion than anything, and do not really have any benefit to anyone. The Switch is Nintendo's 7th generation console The PS4 is Sony's 4th generation console The XBOne is Microsoft's 3rd generation console The 3DS is Nintendo's 4th generation dedicated handheld (or 8th if you consider major iterations like GBC and GBASP) The Vita is Sony's second generation dedicated handheld |
yea, in console business "generations" are used to not have to list every single device that released/was relevant in a certain time frame and this time frame is usually defined by the dominant console (the exception here might be 7th gen)
that's why each individual device makers hardware generations aren't relevant in a video game discussion
