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super_etecoon on 21 December 2018
| Dr.Vita said: 8th generation Switch released early 2017 only a few months after we got the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X mid-gen upgrades in 2016. And the next Playstation and Xbox consoles will most likely release not earlier than 2020. There's no way to consider the Switch a 9th gen console when it launched alongside the mid-gen upgrades of the 8th generation consoles. In some way we could consider the Switch as a mid-gen upgrade for the Wii U. The only reason why people claim that Switch is 9th generation is because they can't deal with the fact that in 1.5-2 years Switch will already be outdated by the PS5/Next Xbox. |
First, I think it is more Playstation fans than Nintendo fans claiming that it is generation 9. Secondly, changing the generation wouldn't change the fact that it will be outdated by PS5/XBoxTwo. Everyone is aware that the Switch is barely performing in the same class power-wise as current gen systems. Putting it is generation 8 or 9 won't change that fact. It also won't dictate when the switch successor is released. Sales and game development will.
