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potato_hamster on 26 March 2016



zorg1000 said:
potato_hamster said:

Why wouldn't the original gameboy be a part of generation 5 or generation 6? On what grounds? Why is Gameboy pocket, and Gameboy light part of a different generation than the original gameboy? They all play the same games. The gameboy pocket is a smaller version of the original gameboy, and the gameboy light is a backlit version of the original gameboy. If those are part of seperate generations, is the PS2 slim part of a different generation than the original PS2? How about the three versions of the PS3? If they are all part of the same generation, why are those consoles part of the game, but the gameboy pocket, and gameboy light are part of different generations?

By the way, you keep talking about the video game industry as people who decide this, well, I am part of this industry. I make console video games for a living. I asked my colleagues and they all had different answers and different opinions, so whose opinion is the right one? I mean we decide this after all, right?

Personally i would say Gameboy is a dual-generation device, 4th & 5th generation.

It released in the same general timeframe as Sega Genesis & Super Nintendo and it recieved a successor around the same time that Playstation 2, Gamecube & Xbox released.

In my opinion, that is the best way to catagorize Gameboy.

But that's exactly my point isn't it? If this generation thing was so cut and dry, how can one device possibly span two generations? If the gameboy can span two generations, why can't other consoles?



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Darc Requiem on 26 March 2016
potato_hamster said:



zorg1000 said:

Personally i would say Gameboy is a dual-generation device, 4th & 5th generation.

It released in the same general timeframe as Sega Genesis & Super Nintendo and it recieved a successor around the same time that Playstation 2, Gamecube & Xbox released.

In my opinion, that is the best way to catagorize Gameboy.

But that's exactly my point isn't it? If this generation thing was so cut and dry, how can one device possibly span two generations? If the gameboy can span two generations, why can't other consoles?

The Gameboy lastest multiple generations because its competitors couldn't find a market. The Atari Lynx, Sega Game Gear, Turbo Xpress, etc. etc. were released and failed to sell.



potato_hamster on 26 March 2016
Darc Requiem said:
potato_hamster said:



But that's exactly my point isn't it? If this generation thing was so cut and dry, how can one device possibly span two generations? If the gameboy can span two generations, why can't other consoles?

The Gameboy lastest multiple generations because its competitors couldn't find a market. The Atari Lynx, Sega Game Gear, Turbo Xpress, etc. etc. were released and failed to sell.

The fact that its competitors failed has nothing to do with why the Gameboy can be considered to have spanned multiple generations, and other consoles or handhelds aren't.

For example, going by this chart:
http://www.huguesjohnson.com/features/timeline/generations.png

The PS1 is part of the fifth generation, but actually spent more time in the 6th generation. Why is that console not considered to span two generations? Also the Neo Geo Pocket Color is considered part of the 5th generation, but spend 95% of its life in the sixith generation. Why? Any why was the Dreamcast decided to be the beginning of the sixth generation, and not the release of the neo geo pocket color?

Ohh right. Because.