Should NS and wiiU be both labeled as 8th generation?

[Wyrdness]

JRPGfan said:

Wyrdness said:

You just being silly now those aren't stand alone new platforms they're different models otherwise by your logic here PS2 Slim was new platform.

Imo thats no more silly than saying its 9th because... its new and last one was 8th, and ignoreing its competition.

Generations are definded by the group things belong to.
Not unto themselves.

Competition never had a bearing on Gen classification otherwise you're trying to argue Megadrive/Genesis is a gen 3 platform, gens were determined by a new platform succeeding a prior one groups were defined by gens not the other way around.

 

Edit: On the last part 360 sold alongside PS2 and GC for over a year under your logic that makes it gen 6.