Poll - Is Switch a 9th gen console?

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LethalP said:
Traditionally a console generation represented a significant leap in technology. The 1st gen of consoles was the Magnovox Oddyssey with it's CPU-less design in 1972, along with Atari Pong. Then came the 2nd gen with the Atari 2600 in 1977. The first 'proper' console with a CPU and GPU (or custom co-processors). And with every generation came a new plateo of technology and capability. That's still the case today. Handhelds exist in their own continuity and this includes the Switch.

The term 'console generation' only really applies to PlayStation and Xbox anymore. However, it does effect PC and Switch in terms of third party development (positively for PC, and negatively for Switch).

The Switch is selling on the merits of it being a powerful Nintendo handheld (with a cool TV-out feature). It's success wouldn't be nearly as high as a home console only device. In fact It would suffer a similar fate as Wii U, because it would have all the same problems. I'm not saying the hybrid part of the Switch is a gimmick or anything, in fact it's a huge selling point and is integral to it's design (and name). I'm just saying that fundamentally the Switch is seen as a handheld device first, and is selling to that market. It's not really eating into PS and Xbox marketshare at all.

So if you suggest it's gen 9, then it is in the same way the 3DS was gen 8, DS gen 7, GBA gen 6, etc. But only as a handheld, and not in the traditional sense of a home console generation.

Fair points!

So if the rumors of Xbox having a third console are true, and it happens to be a Switch competitor, or if Sony does, that will solve all are problems as we can track it and Switch in the traditional handheld slots of 3DS/Vita for this generation?