December NPD 2019

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Shadow1980 said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

This post is a mess.  But now I see that your misunderstanding about the Switch comes from a misunderstanding of console history.  The short version is that Atari 2600, 5200, and 7800 were 3 different generations.

If that's the case, then we might as well get rid of numbered generations entirely, because there's no way you could split those three into three separate generations and have them make sense, unless you believe that Gen 2 is actually two separate gens, in which case you think either A) everybody's been getting it wrong on the numbers for the post-Crash generations, or B) you think the Pong machines era was either not a generation or was a "Gen Zero."

"Generation 2" actually is two separate generations.  I just call them "Generation 2" and "Crash Generation".  The Atari 5200, Colecovision and Vectrex were part of the "Crash Generation".

I also wouldn't say "everybody" is getting it wrong.  I would say Wikipedia is getting it wrong when it comes to Generation 2.  If you go to retro gaming forums where they still celebrate the Atari 2600, then they consider the 5200 to be next gen.  Among people who were old enough and actually care the 2600 and 5200 are considered separate generations.  Younger people get it wrong because they don't know and/or don't care.