Consoles have overlapped gens before when starting closer to the end of a console generation than the beginning. The Famicom (NES) released in July 1983, less than 1 year after the ColecoVision which was released in August of 1982. The Famicom/NES has been labeled as 3rd gen, while the Colecovision is considered 2nd gen. This despite the fact that Colecovision and the Atari 5200 were both advertised and described as "3rd Generation/3rd Wave Consoles" at the time of their release in '82.
The Sega Dreamcast was released in November 1998, just 2 years after the Nintendo 64. It was discontinued in April 2001, one year after the release of the PS2. The Dreamcast is still considered a 6th gen system alongside the PS2, even though the 5th gen N64 was still in production and being sold at the time of Dreamcast's discontinuation. Meaning the 5th gen was still active the entirety of the Dreamcast's existence, but the Dreamcast has been assigned as the starter of Gen 6, since the Saturn was Sega's 5th gen console.
So, it's not like this confusing/gray area hasn't existed before when trying to pile different devices from different manufacturers operating on different release schedules.
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