NyanNyanNekoChan said:
If people define what generation a console belongs to based on the generation of it's predecessor, all the while Nintendo keep releasing their systems more frequently than Sony or Microsoft do, we'll eventually end up in a scenario where the next Sony and Microsoft console will release after a Nintendo console, but the Sony/Microsoft console will be a generation behind despite releasing afterwards. Something that approximately looks like this: Spoiler!
(2017) Switch released, succeeds 8th Gen WiiU, so is defined as 9th gen (2023-2024) Switch 2 released, succeeds 9th gen Switch, so is defined as 10th gen (2028 - 2030) Switch 3 released, succeeds 10th gen Switch 2, so is defined as 11th gen (2034 - 2036) Switch 4 released, succeeds 11th gen Switch 3, so is defined as 12th gen (2039 - 2042) Switch 5 released, succeeds 12th gen Switch 4, so is defined as 13th gen (2020) PS5 released, succeeds 8th gen PS4, so is defined as 9th gen (2027 - 2028) PS6 is released, succeeds 9th gen PS5, so is defined as 10th gen (2034 - 2036) PS7 is released, succeeds 10th gen PS6, so is defined as 11th gen (2040 - 2043) PS8 is released, succeeds 11th gen PS7, so is defined as 12th gen To get around this issue, either the next Playstation and Xbox jump two gen instead of one, and Nintendo end up being in a generation by themselves for one gen despite having competition, or two of Nintendo's systems need to be a part of the same gen. Alternatively you could be all like "to hell with it, screw this generation system" |
I see what you mean but it's entirely possible to skip a gen. If Sega released a console for the first time since 1999, it wouldn't be a gen 7 machine. It would be gen 9 along with everyone else.
I still say the Switch is gen 8 but if Nintendo released 3 systems (gen 9,10, and 11) and Xbox/PS only released one, one could argue that they just sat the generation out. Just playing devil's advocate, here.
