| 160rmf said: @JRPGfan said: "Console generation = "these consoles belong to the same generation because they compete against one another in the same time periode" The Nintendo Switch is launching... in what generation? That's the gen it belongs to. Even the Wiki for the Switch, says its 8th gen." Quick, make a search on wiki and tell which gen they label Dreamcast. Then tell me its time in the market alongside its other gen counterparts |
On wiki its listed as 6th gen.
However plenty of people contest that, and say its 5th gen.
Unlike nintendo, its hardware was powerfull for its time.
So it potentially launching between generations (as some see it), benefits it more than it does the Switch or Switch 2.
(also most of its sales were in 1999 (it only launched in 1998 in jp)).
It was on the market alongside the PS2 (a year after (2000), and xbox (2001), a year after that).
I think this is different than that Switch situation.
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