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Nu-13 on 17 March 2020
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derpysquirtle64 said:
Nu-13 said:

Any product sales potential increases with a bigger price disparity over its competition. And it doesnt need to be $200 cheaper for people to start looking at it.

Don nailed nothing because I KNOW (not think) the switch is the only 9th gen system.

AFAIK, Switch isn't really considered in any gen as we know. And even if someone puts it in a certain gen, it is always gen 8 (because it is the present gen and Switch competes with gen 8 consoles). But to be honest, IMO Switch is a console that probably kills off gen talk for good. 

You just mentioned a bunch of things that have precisely nothing to do with generations. Time is the only factor and because of that switch is gen 9.

Mr Puggsly said:
derpysquirtle64 said:

AFAIK, Switch isn't really considered in any gen as we know. And even if someone puts it in a certain gen, it is always gen 8 (because it is the present gen and Switch competes with gen 8 consoles). But to be honest, IMO Switch is a console that probably kills off gen talk for good. 

I don't think Nintendo is really the arbiter of console gens. Especially when they've essentially given up on that. I say this as a Nintendo fan.

Since 2006 they started making consoles that felt a gen behind. This holiday their specs will feel almost two gens behind because Switch is handheld so it wasn't a massive boost over Wii U.

I don't feel Switch kills gen talk, Nintendo is just doing its own thing with moderately priced and portable specs at the moment.

I've seen your posts, you are not a nintendo fan. The hell you're talking about arbiters of gens or giving up or power? Time is the only thing that determines generations. No ifs, butts, opinions, console wars or anything.