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curl-6 said:
numberwang said:

You will not be able to duck tape Tensor Cores on an aged X1 chip design. Everything has to be new.

Nintendo Co. plans to adopt an upgraded Nvidia Corp. chip with better graphics and processing for a new Switch model planned for the year-end shopping season... The new Switch iteration will support Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling, or DLSSThe U.S. company’s new chipset will also bring a better CPU and increased memory.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-23/nintendo-to-use-new-nvidia-graphics-chip-in-2021-switch-upgrade

I like the idea with software, if the Switch Pro gets a higher number of exclusive games, it should be considered a new device.

New 3DS and DSi got exclusive games. Their numbers are counted towards their respective families and they're not considered new generations.

Ultimately, it will depend on how Nintendo positions it, whether they treat it as a successor or a midgen refresh a la New 3DS, Xbox One X, or Gameboy Colour.

I agree with you, in the end it will be what reflects the official word of Nintendo. No objective criteria will be respected, just one thing, Nintendo's official word. If they want to treat +10 years of consoles as a "single Gen", and launch exclusives for one or more "revisions" of these consoles, so it will be, as it was with the Gameboy.

Imho, this is a big bullshit, and unfair, when it comes to comparing "number of consoles sold" and "bragging rights" between fans ... but this is how it works, nothing to do about it.