Nintendo is committing a lot of the same lethal mistakes they did with the WiiU, and more.

[IkePoR]

OTBWY said:

IkePoR said:

A next generation starts when a company releases it's next console.  Ninteno is the first to do so, therefore it's the start of the 9th gen.  

To all who believe generations are "stupid" - these terms don't have to make sense to you.  They are in place to identify time periods of consoles apart when discussing video games.

A gen doesn't make sense when A: A new iteration has been released in the middle of the lifecycles of its competitors and B: The competition has already released more powerful hardware of the same console in the current gen. It really doesn't make sense to use it anymore when the reason to categorize is no longer relevant. The time that a company released a single console and stuck to that hardware for 5-7 years is over. That is my opinion on it anyway.

Again, the terms are under no obligation to make sense to you.  

The New 3DS exists and is still part of the 8th generation.

Power of hardware has no signifigance in the concept of the console generation.

Length of hardware lifecycle has no signifigance in the concept of the console generation.

You are entitled to your opinion on this site, however.  No matter how wrong they may be.