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Mad55 on 14 June 2011
Mr Khan said:
Chronology. It's quite simple


what do you mean?



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MrT-Tar on 14 June 2011
gurglesletch said:
Being far superior to the consoles currently on the market.


in that case the 6th gen never existed.

The GC, GBA, PS2, XBOX and DC collectively don't even come close to the awesomeness of the PSX, let alone with the GB, Saturn and N64.

 

Your hypothesis is flawed as hell




Mr Khan on 14 June 2011
Mad55 said:
Mr Khan said:
Chronology. It's quite simple


what do you mean?

Time, consoles have come and gone in certain waves, and chronology, tied only loosely with technology, is the best way to ascertain who goes where



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Mad55 on 14 June 2011
Mr Khan said:
Mad55 said:
Mr Khan said:
Chronology. It's quite simple


what do you mean?

Time, consoles have come and gone in certain waves, and chronology, tied only loosely with technology, is the best way to ascertain who goes where

ahhh in that case you could be right in the most natural of ways.



Zlejedi on 14 June 2011
Mad55 said:
Zlejedi said:
Mad55 said:

I ask this question because I always hear people say the next gen will have incredible graphics. No one seems to talk about how next gen should push gameplay experiences and allow developers to fully realize their visions. Like the wiiU in my opinion it could have graphics 10% better than the 360/ps3 and still be considered a gen ahead of them because it brings new experiences to the market it allows players to do new things and it should excite developers in creating new games based upon how unique the controller is. Shouldnt a step ahead in a console generation be more focused on how we can get new experiences through gameplay instead of how good the game will look?


Graphics come with more ram and more processing power of CPU.

Processing power and ram allows more complicated gameplay mechanics and bigger  areas on screen as well as more enemies at once etc.

So I'd consider "graphics" as a shortcut for generally more powerfull hardware.

 

New controls don't make your console automatically next generation because they could have been just as well added to previous console model as add-on.

hmm yea your right power and ram does help the gameplay mechanis alot. Though in terms of controls could something like the wiiu's remote run on the regular wii?

Sure - technically such system already exists in form of PS3+PSP pair so with Wii having Wi-fi card it wouldn't be a problem to make something similar (as long as screen would be low resolution)



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dharh on 14 June 2011

It comes after the previous release. Seriously though, the current generation is comprised of PS3, X360, and Wii. You can't argue against that. Next gen will be Wii U, PS4, and XNEXT unless something unforeseen causes one of them to bow out completely.

It doesn't matter if one of the consoles is way more powerful or underpowered than the others. Only that its the current supported main offering.



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mysticwolf on 14 June 2011

The 3DS was the start of the 8th generation.



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