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Branko2166 on 04 April 2013
scottie said:

I hate to break it to you all, but next generation now means PS5, X1440 and WiiXYZ.

 

Of the 7th gen consoles, 3 (60%) are dead. 

 

Of the 8th gen consoles, 3 (60%) have been released, another has been announced and the final one is due for an announcement next month according to rumour.

 

We are in the 8th gen, the use of "Next gen" to refer to the 8th gen is confusing and innacurate.

We have addressed this in prior threads. For technical reasons many people regard the Wii U as a 7th gen console. Sequentially that may be wrong but it is what it is.

In any case once everyone releases new consoles this won't be an issue.





 

 

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bananaking21 on 04 April 2013
JoeTheBro said:
Otakumegane said:
After all 3 launch?


But what about project shield, ouya, and all the other next gen things that aren't the big 3? I'd say it starts with the first 8th gen system, not the last.

ouya will be released every year, so it pretty much doesnt follow the generation type of console releases so it will never matter when it releases. the handheld generation already started, project shield seems like it will join this generation



scottie on 04 April 2013
NintendoPie said:
Excuse me? Are you trying to say that the Wii U is allowed to start next-gen?

You've got it all wrong.


No, if it were just WiiU released and PS4720 not released that would be 33.3%, which is less than 50%. But it's WiiU, 3DS and Vita, which is more than 50%.

 

The consensus seems to be that, for example, the 6th generation started with the release of the xbox in Nov 2001 - 3 years after the release of the first 6th gen console. That just seems weird to me.



NintendoPie on 04 April 2013
scottie said:


No, if it were just WiiU released and PS4720 not released that would be 33.3%, which is less than 50%. But it's WiiU, 3DS and Vita, which is more than 50%.

 

The consensus seems to be that, for example, the 6th generation started with the release of the xbox in Nov 2001 - 3 years after the release of the first 6th gen console. That just seems weird to me.

I'm pretty sure I'm on your side... use your sarcasm detector! ;-P



NightDragon83 on 04 April 2013

Well you're right about Wii U being "current gen".

OHHHHHH, SNAP!!!!



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

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greenmedic88 on 04 April 2013

It would probably just be easier if the common practice was to just call each generation by its number.

Sure, people, particularly journalists, like to stamp the label "next gen" on a new piece of hardware because that somehow still has some sort of perception among the casual consumer of being sexy, desirable, high techy, whatever. It's just a marketing phrase.

But I'm willing to concede it's not misleading to stamp a "next gen" label on a new piece of hardware within its initial release timeframe (certainly less than a year), or to any as of yet to be released but impending hardware.

I don't really see the point in breaking things down further, but I suppose "future gen" could refer to hardware that is currently still only on paper or in the early concept phases. So calling the 9th gen "next gen" is premature although technically not incorrect seeing as how the successor to any existing hardware or any impending new hardware will presumably have a follow up generation which by definition would be the next generation.

"Current gen" still encompasses the 7th gen of currently produced hardware (even those with successors that have already been released) although that's just semantics. Anything with a replacement has the common perception of being "last gen."