Should we consider the Switch being part of a "Half-gen"?

[Noctosphere]

If we consider this :
Wii u/ps4/xbo = 2012/2013 = 8th gen
Switch = 2017 = ???
PS5/XBSXS = 2020 = 9th gen
Switch 2 = 2023/2024 = ???
PS6/NxXB = around 2026/2027 = 10th gen

Shall we consider the Switch as 8.5th gen and Switch 2 as 9.5th gen?

I just hate the fact that pretty much anywhere I look, everyone consider the Switch as a 8th gen console...
They say it's because of its hardware
What do you guys think?

 

[CMDreamer]

There's no such thing as "half-gens" that's rubbish. No offense meant ofc.

 

[flowlapache]

I agree with you, if wiiU was a success, switch would be there few years later...
Breath of the wild is the zelda of the wiiU initially!
years made "gen", not hardware. too long nintendo's consoles don't deal with the powerfull hardware

 

[guily6669]

Switch is 1st gen in my book cause it's the first handheld EVER that I kinda like though not entirely

I do own a 3DS V1, but it's only cause stores never had one to test and I always wanted to see it's 3D working, barely used the console and have 2 original card games that I barely played, some crap Fifa and Resident Evil Revelations which I only ended recently on Switch though I also had it in my Xbox360 but never finished either...

If I was rich my next Switch would be this:

(but sadly it's still upcoming and it's basically OUTDATED already when there's a upcoming Ryzen 7000 based handheld + Discrete GPU like if the AMD one in the APU wasn't enough... )

Those things put my I7 8700K with OC to misery


ps: If only Nintendo checks OneXplayer Website, I smell a few millions for making Nintendo Big Boss to cry (proper switch with true full joysticks "maybe" with hall Effect from factory, proper analog triggers and only a 8.4inch 2.5K OVERKILL resolution)

 

[Noctosphere]

Switch is 1st gen in my book cause it's the first handheld EVER that I kinda like though not entirely

I do own a 3DS V1, but it's only cause stores never had one to test and I always wanted to see it's 3D working, barely used the console and have 2 original card games that I barely played, some crap Fifa and Resident Evil Revelations which I only ended recently on Switch though I also had it in my Xbox360 but never finished either...

If I was rich my next Switch would be this:

(but sadly it's still upcoming and it's basically OUTDATED already when there's a upcoming Ryzen 7000 based handheld + Discrete GPU like if the AMD one in the APU wasn't enough... )

Those things put my I7 8700K with OC to misery

https://vglegacy.com/platforms/

 

[keegokahgo]

Switch is 1st gen in my book cause it's the first handheld EVER that I kinda like though not entirely

... what are you even talking about?

 

[xoINARIox]

If we consider this :
Wii u/ps4/xbo = 2012/2013 = 8th gen
Switch = 2017 = ???
PS5/XBSXS = 2020 = 9th gen
Switch 2 = 2023/2024 = ???
PS6/NxXB = around 2026/2027 = 10th gen

Shall we consider the Switch as 8.5th gen and Switch 2 as 9.5th gen?

I just hate the fact that pretty much anywhere I look, everyone consider the Switch as a 8th gen console...
They say it's because of its hardware
What do you guys think?

The eighth generation focus on further integration with other media and increased connectivity. Hardware improvements pushed for higher frame rates at up to 4k resolutions .

The ninth generations are console families that target 4k and 8k resolution televisions at high frame rates, support for real-time ray tracing rendering, and the use of high-performance solid-state drives (SSD) as internal high-speed memory to make delivering game content much faster than from reading from optical disc or standard hard drives.

That's why the switch is an 8th generation console.....it's not between the two generations (which would be total nonsense) and it only just meets the minimum requirements of the 8th generation

 

[ConabeGames]

The Switch is 9th-gen

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Switch is 1st gen in my book cause it's the first handheld EVER that I kinda like though not entirely

....What!?

 

[xoINARIox]

The Switch is 9th-gen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_video_game_console_generations

 

[smilodon]

Generations are defined by the consoles that are popular at the time. Classifying by power is stupid since there has been some wide variance during video game history (NEO GEO, Gameboy, Wii...).

 

[ConabeGames]

@xoINARIox
That doesn't make that much sense. How can there be two Nintendo consoles in the 8th generation and none in the 9th?

 

[xoINARIox]

@xoINARIox
That doesn't make that much sense. How can there be two Nintendo consoles in the 8th generation and none in the 9th?

You should take a good look at the wikipedia entry..........just because Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft releases a new console doesn't mean it's a new generation of consoles.
The eighth generation focus on further integration with other media (Facebook, Twitter etc.) and increased connectivity while the ninth generation features stuff like 4K/8K, SSD and raytracing

 

[ConabeGames]

You should take a good look at the wikipedia entry..........just because Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft releases a new console doesn't mean it's a new generation of consoles.
The eighth generation focus on further integration with other media (Facebook, Twitter etc.) and increased connectivity while the ninth generation features stuff like 4K/8K, SSD and raytracing

See below:

Generations are defined by the consoles that are popular at the time. Classifying by power is stupid since there has been some wide variance during video game history (NEO GEO, Gameboy, Wii...).

 

[Noctosphere]

See below:

I think he meant the technologies inside the console
But it is indeed stupid to consider that since

Gen 5 :
PSX and others= 32 bit CPU
N64 = 64 bit CPU

Gen 7 :
Xb360/PS3 = HD
Wii = SD

There were many iterations like that in video game history where there were big difference of technology
I do consider Switch a gen 9 console

 

[ConabeGames]

I think he meant the technologies inside the console
But it is indeed stupid to consider that since

Gen 5 :
PSX and others= 32 bit CPU
N64 = 64 bit CPU

Gen 7 :
Xb360/PS3 = HD
Wii = SD

There were many iterations like that in video game history where there were big difference of technology
I do consider Switch a gen 9 console

Yep! I completely agree.

 

[x65943]

Generations are defined by the consoles that are popular at the time. Classifying by power is stupid since there has been some wide variance during video game history (NEO GEO, Gameboy, Wii...).

You hit the nail on the head

The idea that a x-gen console must meet y-requirements is stupid

The terms are made up anyway

The truth is it's just counting up by 1 based on new hardware releases

 

[Deleted member 194275]

I think he meant the technologies inside the console
But it is indeed stupid to consider that since

Gen 5 :
PSX and others= 32 bit CPU
N64 = 64 bit CPU

Gen 7 :
Xb360/PS3 = HD
Wii = SD

There were many iterations like that in video game history where there were big difference of technology
I do consider Switch a gen 9 console

you may consider anything you like, the market consider switch, along with 3DS and Wii U the 8th gen Nintendo consoles.

And its absolutely anything new on the video game world to see a manufacturer build many consoles on the same generation.

The fact that the switch is "hybrid" is not relevant either. A hybrid console is not the weirdest thing that landed on a mid to late generation, it is not even the Nintendo's weirdest thing that landed on a mid to late generation.

PS.: "Switch 2" is not a 2023 release and nothing concrete says that it is even a 2024 release, or a 9th gen console for that matter.