Everyone that is saying Switch is Generation 9 has to at least agree that Xbox One X is Generation 9. Just because it is still technically an Xbox One doesn't really mean much. Then PS4 Pro could also be considered Generation 9. Switch IMO isn't Generation 9 it is a replacement for Generation 8 Failure Wii U. I would go with Generation 8.5 for Switch, PS4 Pro and Xbox One.

100% of Xbox One X games also run on the Xbox One (S). Their libraries are identical, so why should they be different generations?

100% of PS4 Pro games also run on the PS4. Their libraries are identical, so why should they be different generations?

0% of the Switch games run on the 3DS/n3DS or WiiU.

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What? No. The One X plays the exact same games as an Xbox One. Your logic is backwards here.

It's gen one of hybrid conoles, unless there are/were other hybrid consoles that I'm not aware of. I know that VGC categorized it as 8th gen home console, but if you ask 10 different people, how they mainly use their Switch, you'll get 2 different answers, with close to 50/50 split. That simply indicates that there should be 3rd category and I'm gonna stand by it.

OR, if MS's rumors are correct, maybe we should simply scrap the idea of console generations as in the future we might see incremental hardware updates every two-three years and individual sales for SKUs like XB1X or PS4pro should be indicated as well. Hypothetically, if 100% of year one and two next gen games are fully compatible with the latest hardware revisions (like PS4pro), are they going to be true next gen consoles? I doubt it. At least they're not going to be perceived as next gen.  I honestly wouldn't be even slightly surprised if this happens.

Marketing doesn't equate to reality. - If you wish to believe they are 128-bit systems, just know... You are wrong.
They are not 128-bit systems.

The "bits" is referred to the registers/words of a CPU and often had nothing to do with the GPU, memory bus width or whatever other rubbish marketers come up with.

Just like Blast processing.

So... Basically what you are saying is that the release window has nothing to do with a console generation then? It's the games?

Pretty much exactly what I came in to say. Generations are more than just the year it was released.

By 2025, hardcore Nintendo fans will have to remind most people that the Wii U even existed. 

It's both gen 8 and 9 at the same time 

Sorry but Virtual Boy was a standalone console, not a peripheric. And you calling it gimmick/feature doesn't change that. Or we could say all NES games focused on a special gimmick that was the controler so it wasn't a console as well.

Plus the games that run in Virtual Boy didn't run in GB and vice-versa.

The fact you get irritated or that it's portability was limited means nothing. If you want to go arbitrarily like this then people can also say that Switch battery is so bad that it can't count as a mobile device as well.

Still there were games made exclusively to them. You wanted to go the nitpick route so don't try and put caveats in all to try and make your point stand.

No one is claiming anything is the same. You were the one starting the silliness to count or discount it. Just deal with the fact that if WiiU wasn't a failure there wouldn't be a fast release of switch and it would be a proper gen 9 device instead of a replacement even if much more successful.