Is Switch 2 the start of the 10th Generation? (Poll)

[160rmf]

JRPGfan said:

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.

Indeed, it was not the same situation, it was way worse than Switch, but you barely see someone bringing the issue, everyone is just fine with the 6th gen label, hence the Wiki data staying the way it is since the start. I am also fine with that bc Dreamcast is a succesor of the 5th gen Sega console: Saturn. See how easy generation consoles work? You should try follow that

If you were actually honest giving the data, you would say that Dreamcast was already dead almost 7 months before Xbox release, so the amount of days alongside Xbox and Gamecube were 0 and for PS2: 1 year and a few weeks out of the many years that 6th gen consoles remained on the market.

Since Dreamcast released by end of 98 and ended March 2001, that leaves 1 year and 5 months with 5th gen consoles only. With this, the holistic observation that you previously brought to us was slammed in the mud.

Knowing the issue, you pull the "power" and "Japan release didnt count" cards as if it would pass unnoticed how convoluted your reasoning is. Try harder next time.

Last edited by 160rmf - on 24 February 2025