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123tbones on 19 February 2024
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With recent rumors of the Switch successor being released in 2025, I wanted to talk about if we should consider it a 9th or a 10th Gen system.  We don't have any concrete detail on what the Switch successor will be like (whether it's like the original Switch or something else), but it would be interesting if it would be considered the start of a new era of gaming. But of course there are also things to consider for it being just 9th gen.

So let's go over ways the Switch successor could be considered just 9th gen:

-Most likely the power would be closer to PS4/Xbox One. There have been rumors that the power of the Switch successor would be on par with last gen power, which has been a thing for Nintendo consoles since the Wii era. So that would make it being in tune with the 9th gen.

-It would most likely be a hybrid like the Switch which many consider as an 8th gen console. Being a hybrid console like the Switch would be a safe chose for Nintendo to do for their new console. So being a successor to an 8th gen console would make it 9th gen.

Now let's go over ways the Switch successor could be considered the start of the 10th generation:

-It'll probably be released close to the releases of 10th generation versions of PlayStation and Xbox. There has been speculations on when the PlayStation 6 and Xbox 10th gen console will be released, especially ever since the Sony has stated that the Playstation5 is entering it's "latter stage of its cycle." Which would make the release of the PlayStation 6 possibly around late 2026. That's not too far off from the release of the possible Nintendo Switch successor's release.

-It'll probably be just as competitive as the Switch is to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The Nintendo Switch, despite being released almost 7 years ago, is still doing pretty well. During the earlier years of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, the Nintendo Switch was still able to come out on top in terms of sales. And while the PlayStation 5 is currently dominating the competition, the Nintendo Switch is right now in a not-too-far-behind 2nd place.  So with so much anticipation of the Switch successor coming, it is possible that history will repeat and it will just be as competitive as any other 10th gen consoles.

But what are your thoughts?