danasider on 01 November 2019
| The_Liquid_Laser said: I mostly agree with you, except Wii U/PS4/XB1 were sold in the same time period. They all launched in the 2012-2013 time period. Switch launched several years afterward, so that makes it next generation. |
You're right WiiU/PS4/XB1 were in a generation. Switch came out around the time of the Pro/X (all within a year), although Pro/X are half generational steps since they share the same DNA as their precursors whereas Switch is a completely new generation of Nintendo hardware.
But yeah, the point I was agreeing with is that the market decides what a generation is, not the tech specs. And that's usually because the consoles compete in sales for the market at a given period of time.
