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I always lump a generation in terms of their hardware capabilities... Each generation tends to introduce a set of technologies that are applicable to all hardware.

I.E. 9th generation is about rudimentary ray tracing.
8th generation was all about Tessellation.
7th generation was all about programmable pixel shaders.
6th generation was all about hardware Tranform and Lighting. (TnL)

And so on.

That would mean the WiiU and Switch 1.0 were 8th gen and Switch 2.0 is 9th gen.
Also means that the Gamecube and Wii are 6th gen.



--::{PC Gaming Master Race}::--